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1. Overview of the Immune System a. The innate immune response i. Skin and mucosa barriers ii. Phagocytic cells of the myelomonocytic lineage iii. Serum constituents such as complement iv. NK cells 1. A lymphocyte subset that lack specific antigen receptors 2. Recognize and kill virus-infected cells and tumors that lack or have low levels of MHC I molecules 3. Not MHC restricted and not antigen specific
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Colburn, N.T. (2011). Immunity. In: Review of Rheumatology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84882-093-7_3
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