Immune reserve hypothesis

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-005647",
  "term": "Immune reserve hypothesis",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "A hypothesis in immunotoxicology holding that the immune response has built-in redundancy, so that overlapping effector mechanisms can compensate when one immune function is acutely reduced, for example by a drug or toxicant. A moderate loss of a single function, such as a lowered antibody response, therefore may not by itself raise susceptibility to infection.",
  "subject": "Chemistry and Human Health",
  "see_also": [
    "natural killer cell"
  ],
  "references": [
    "PAC, 2012, 84, 1113. 'IUPAC glossary of terms used in immunotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2012)' on page 1183 (https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-11-06-03)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/immune-reserve-hypothesis/"
}