TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Innate Immunity A1 - Levinson, Warren A1 - Chin-Hong, Peter A1 - Joyce, Elizabeth A. A1 - Nussbaum, Jesse A1 - Schwartz, Brian Y1 - 2020 N1 - T2 - Review of Medical Microbiology & Immunology: A Guide to Clinical Infectious Diseases, 16e AB - The innate immune system is composed of physical barriers, cells, and circulating factors that are always active and ready to repel microbes. They form a boundary between your tissues and the vast majority of viruses, bacteria, and fungi that live on and inside you. Innate immune cells are also important for cleaning up debris from dying cells and repairing damaged tissues. SN - PB - McGraw Hill CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/25 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1176200364 ER -