The Immune System: Factors Of The Immune System

The human body is not without a defense system. Otherwise the environment would have severely harmed and destroyed it. The environment is full with harmful agents such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasitic organisms. Tumor cells and other factors are also able to affect the body negatively. To protect against, prevent or limit damages from those agents, the body uses the help of what is known as the immune system. What is the immune system?
The immune system is a well-organized collection of organs, tissues, cells and soluble factors that allow the body to defend itself against the harmful agents mentioned above. That collection covers the bone marrow, the thymus gland, the spleen, the lymph nodes, an intact skin, the mucous membranes,

This follows four basic steps: 1) recognition, which is specific and develops a memory of the episode; 2) amplification due to cell division and activation of a series of enzymes; 3) regulation or control; and 4) the triggering of effector mechanisms designed to eliminate the foreign material. Those steps occur through specialized cells. The three main ones are the two types of lymphocytes, B cells and T cells and the macrophages responsible in part for the digestion and elimination of wasted products at the cellular level. Other cells include the natural killer cells, the monocytes, the eosinophils, the basophils, the neutrophils. They all play a role in the production of antibodies, humoral substances such as cytokines and interferon. They also play a role in the stimulation of a group of interacting proteins found in the blood called the complement system, which is involved in initiating inflammation and the production of powerful substances able to mediate cells killing through what is called lysis.
Failure of the immune system causes three types of problems: a) Hypersensitivity manifested by allergic reactions or allergic diseases such as asthma, hay fever or food allergies; b) immunodeficiency which can be primary or inborn such as chronic granulomatous disease, transient hypogammaglobulinemia of infancy, and DiGeorge syndrome; or can be

Serving God becomes a warfare when we realize that there is a carnal mind and a spiritual mind. They are opposite to each other. The carnal mind is enmity against God. It is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can it be. The spiritual mind is after the Spirit and do mind the things of the Spirit. In Romans 7, the apostle Paul gives a clear description of this constant fight going on until we learn how to use the tools that God place at our disposal. “For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strongholds; casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ…” 2 Cor. 10:4-5. Yes, serving God is a real fight. There is real danger around a Christian. Paul knew it from firsthand experience. That’s why he felt the need to describe a Christian armor to us in Ephesians 6:11-17 and recommend that we put on the whole armor of God that we may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. In fact, not only in Ephesians but throughout the Scriptures we find a whole line of strategy to guide us when we face temptation. Because there is no doubt about it, we all are going to be tempted at one point or another in our life as implied in the writings of the apostles Paul and