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A complex network II: components that interact

In this video tutorial Andreas J. Bircher will tell you what agents and processes there are to support our immune system.

Having addressed the organs that play a role in the immune system, we now turn to its components. Which are the agents and processes that form our immune response? How are they best categorized?

These questions help us further to map out the intricacies of the network that deflect perils to our physical well-being. In the video three components and two defence lines strategies that are part of the immune defence are explained.

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