Immunosuppression: Definition and Causes - Verywell Health
网页2024年6月16日 · What Is Immunosuppression? Immunosuppression means that the immune system is either temporarily or permanently impaired. The spleen and other organs, as well as white blood cells, can't respond as well to infection and inflammation.
Immunosuppression Overview Flashcards - Quizlet
网页Key points. • Immunosuppression aims to block to the activation and proliferation of antigen specific T cells and their subsequent downstream effects. • Graft rejection is usually a cell-mediated immune response.
Immunosuppressants: Definition, Uses & Side Effects - Cleveland Clinic
网页2023年8月1日 · Immunosuppressants are drugs that prevent your immune system from attacking healthy cells and tissues by mistake. Healthcare providers prescribe immunosuppressants to treat certain autoimmune diseases and prevent organ or stem cell transplant rejection.
What is Immunosuppression? - News-Medical.net
网页2018年11月28日 · Immunosuppression is the dampening of the body’s ability to ward off disease and infection. It can be induced deliberately, or be the result of an infection.
Immunosuppression - Wikipedia
网页Immunosuppression is a reduction of the activation or efficacy of the immune system. Some portions of the immune system itself have immunosuppressive effects on other parts of the immune system, and immunosuppression may occur as an adverse reaction to treatment of other conditions.
Immunosuppression (Weak Immune System) - Patient
网页2023年10月24日 · Immunosuppression, also known as immune suppression or immunocompromise, means the immune system isn't working as well as it normally would. This includes any or all of the defences that make up the immune system - particularly the white cells in the bloodstream, the spleen and the lymph nodes.
Suppressed Immune System: What Is It, Causes, and More
网页2024年1月4日 · Immunosuppressants are a class of medications that are prescribed intentionally to suppress the immune system, such as to treat an autoimmune disease or prevent the body from rejecting an organ transplant. Immunosuppression can also be a side effect of some treatments, like chemotherapy.
Immunosuppression | Description, Diseases, & Drugs | Britannica
网页immunosuppression, reduction in the ability of the immune system to defend against disease or infection. Immunosuppression may be induced by certain diseases, such AIDS, lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, or type 1 diabetes mellitus.
Primary immunodeficiency - Symptoms & causes - Mayo Clinic
网页2022年3月12日 · Signs and symptoms of primary immunodeficiency can include: Frequent and recurrent pneumonia, bronchitis, sinus infections, ear infections, meningitis or skin infections. Inflammation and infection of internal organs. Blood disorders, such as low platelet count or anemia.
Risk Factors: Immunosuppression - NCI - National Cancer Institute
网页2015年4月29日 · Immunosuppression. Many people who receive organ transplants take medications to suppress the immune system so the body won’t reject the organ. These "immunosuppressive" drugs make the immune system less able to detect and destroy cancer cells or fight off infections that cause cancer.