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Innate Immune Function

Innate Immune Function is a biological defense mechanism that provides immediate, non-specific resistance to pathogens through evolutionarily conserved pattern recognition and rapid effector responses, distinguishing it from adaptive immune functions by its lack of antigen-specific memory and reliance on germline-encoded receptors.

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SARS-CoV-2 entry factors are highly expressed in nasal epithelial cells together with innate immune genes

Waradon Sungnak, Ni Huang, Christophe Bécavin et al. · Nature Medicine · 2020 · 2.7K citations · Full text

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Decoding the Patterns of Self and Nonself by the Innate Immune System

Ruslan Medzhitov, Charles A. Janeway · Science · 2002 · 2.2K citations

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Bacille Calmette-Guérin induces NOD2-dependent nonspecific protection from reinfection via epigenetic reprogramming of monocytes

Johanneke Kleinnijenhuis, Jessica Quintin, Frank Preijers et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2012 · 1.7K citations · Full text

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DAI (DLM-1/ZBP1) is a cytosolic DNA sensor and an activator of innate immune response

Akinori Takaoka, Zhichao Wang, Myoung Kwon Choi et al. · Nature · 2007 · 1.7K citations

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IFI16 is an innate immune sensor for intracellular DNA

Leonie Unterholzner, Sinéad E. Keating, Marcin Baran et al. · Nature Immunology · 2010 · 1.6K citations · Full text

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  1. MG
    Mihai G. Netea

    Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands

    33 publications · 4.4K citations

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  2. SA
    Shizuo Akira

    The University of Osaka, Japan

    23 publications · 4.3K citations

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  3. VN
    Victor Nizet

    University of California San Diego, United States

    19 publications · 2.4K citations

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  4. LA
    Leo A. B. Joosten

    Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands

    20 publications · 3.2K citations

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  5. RL
    Richard L. Gallo

    University of California San Diego, United States

    12 publications · 1.8K citations

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  1. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    54 h-index

    351 publications

    53.8K citations

  2. Inserm

    Paris, France

    47 h-index

    366 publications

    37.4K citations

  3. Howard Hughes Medical Institute

    Chevy Chase, United States

    45 h-index

    113 publications

    39K citations

  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    44 h-index

    299 publications

    34.3K citations

  5. National Institutes of Health

    Bethesda, United States

    43 h-index

    282 publications

    25.9K citations

  6. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    39 h-index

    279 publications

    23.8K citations

  7. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    38 h-index

    198 publications

    23.3K citations

  8. Washington University in St. Louis

    St Louis, United States

    36 h-index

    183 publications

    26.5K citations

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  1. The Journal of Immunology

    JI · 246 publications · 23.4K citations

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  2. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    PNAS · 88 publications · 17.7K citations

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  3. PLoS ONE

    163 publications · 8.7K citations

    51

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  4. PLoS Pathogens

    77 publications · 6K citations

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  5. Infection and Immunity

    IAI · 91 publications · 5.9K citations

    46

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