The host response is critical in the final step of integration, known as "gap repair".
Thus, treating the host response to the infection with common, readily available antioxidants may afford some degree of protection.
The success of any pathogen depends on its ability to elude host immune responses.
Specific host responses to old pili structure are not effective on the new structure.
To date, little is known about the molecular mechanisms of the host response to EV71 infection.
This is advantageous to the bacterium as a means of escape from the host immune response.
The term refers to the ability of a material to perform with an appropriate host response in a specific situation.
"The ability of a material to perform with an appropriate host response in a specific application", Williams' definition.
Under ideal conditions, implants should initiate the desired host response.
Invasion does elicit a host response ranging from mild to severe.
