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| general response to infection including phagocytosis |
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| response to damage or infection involving vasodilation and cytokine release |
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| substance released by mast cells that causes the inflammatory response |
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| cells that produce histamine in response to tissue damage |
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| category of defence proteins secreted from cells; involved in signalling to others |
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| organelles in phagocytes that contain digestive enzymes to destroy engulfed pathogens |
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| white blood cells that recognises surface antigens then engulf and destroy them |
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| method used by phagocytes to engulf and destroy pathogens |
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