To describe: Cytokines.
Concept introduction: The immune system is a defense system of the body that consists of many biological structures and processes that helps to protect it against the diseases. Cells of immune system secrete several products that can monitor the entrance of pathogen, help to recruit immune cells, and trigger the action of other immune cells to eradicate the pathogens from the cell.
To describe: The way by which cytokines promote inflammation.
Concept introduction: The body has a defense system that consists of many biological structures and processes inside an organism to protect that functions against the diseases are known as immune system. Cells of immune system secrete several products that can monitor and alert the entrance of pathogen, help to recruit immune cells, and trigger the action of other immune cells to eradicate the pathogens from the cell.
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