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The Cells of the Immune System

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The major cells responsible for our immunity are well known, but more subtypes are continually being identified. Currently, the cellular components of the immune system include lymphocytes, macrophages, Langerhans cells, neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils, and mast cells. The importance of each cellular component and how their function affects our immune response is detailed in this chapter. It is important and necessary to understand the role of these cells of the immune response in order to fully understand how our innate and adaptive immunity maintains our equilibrium and how an imbalance can cause disequilibrium and disease.

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    Anapatricia Maldonado Cerda & Cristina M. Garcia

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    C. Stephen Foster

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Oregon Health & Science University Department of Ophthalmology, Portland, OR, USA

    Daniel Albert

  2. Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Boston, MA, USA

    Joan Miller

  3. Department of Ophthalmology, University of Illinois at Chicago Department of Ophthalmology, Chicago, IL, USA

    Dimitri Azar

  4. Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Lucy H. Young

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA

    Victor L. Perez

  2. Instituto de Biomedicina, University of León, León, Spain

    C. Stephen Foster

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Maldonado Cerda, A., Garcia, C.M., Foster, C.S. (2021). The Cells of the Immune System. In: Albert, D., Miller, J., Azar, D., Young, L.H. (eds) Albert and Jakobiec's Principles and Practice of Ophthalmology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90495-5_330-1

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