Trained immunity is a long-term functional modification of chromatin in cells of the innate immune system which leads to an altered response to a second, possibly unrelated, challenge. For example, the BCG vaccine leads to a reduction in childhood mortality caused by unrelated infectious agents.
Trained immunity is a long-term functional modification of chromatin in cells of the innate immune system which leads to an altered response to a second, possibly unrelated, challenge. For example, the BCG vaccine leads to a reduction in childhood mortality caused by unrelated infectious agents.
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