How to Use immune response in a Sentence

immune response

noun
  • This sets off a potent immune response that’s hard to stop.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Aluminum has been used in shots since the 1930s to boost immune response.
    — Patricia Callahan, ProPublica, 19 Mar. 2026
  • The risk of an immune response is common to peptide drugs in general.
    — Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, 3 Apr. 2026
  • This was thought to be due to further stimulation of the immune response.
    — Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Sep. 2025
  • This is an immune response—your body sees the piercing as a foreign object and tries to expel it so the skin can heal.
    — Sherri Gordon, Health, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Infection of cells with the virus also triggers an immune response.
    — Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Aluminum salts are added to vaccines to help boost the body’s immune response, allowing for a smaller dose to be used.
    — Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 26 Dec. 2025
  • Kennedy then doubled down by questioning the use of aluminum, which is added to many vaccines to help boost the immune response.
    — Stephanie Armour, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Then there’s the other part of the immune system, the innate immune responses.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 15 May 2026
  • That sparks an immune response that forms blood clots, ultimately causing the heart attack.
    — Alex Knapp, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The goal is to enhance the immune response at the tumor site while limiting side effects throughout the body.
    — William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Zheng says that means the animals had mounted an immune response to the virus matching the vaccine they'd been exposed to.
    — Ari Daniel, NPR, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Without tick bites, red meat, or dairy to incite it, the immune response will subside eventually.
    — Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • This provides even further support for the idea that dragon’s blood functions as part of the tree’s innate immune response.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
  • The combined system concentrates the immune response at the tumor site.
    — William A. Haseltine, Forbes.com, 7 Jan. 2026
  • The first test paired the nanoparticle system with melanoma peptides called an antigen, which triggers an immune response.
    — Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Without this protein, these cells either don’t form or fail to suppress harmful immune responses.
    — Aimee Pugh Bernard, The Conversation, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Such snippets of germs or other harmful things that can prompt an immune response are generally called antigens.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Cancer cells often find ways to avoid detection or suppress immune responses.
    — Charles J. Dimitroff, The Conversation, 12 June 2026
  • For acne, the process supports immune responses that promote healing.
    — Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Immunotherapy boosts the body’s immune response to cancer.
    — Carrie Madormo, Health, 18 Oct. 2025
  • That work is as crucial to public health as laboratory research on immune response.
    — A.j. Russo, Baltimore Sun, 13 May 2026
  • Obefazimod, on the other hand, is an oral drug designed to calm the immune response that drives UC.
    — New Atlas, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The goal is to try to control both the infection and the body’s rising immune response before the entire system gets overwhelmed.
    — Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN Money, 24 May 2026
  • Ndung'u suspects genetic factors may have helped the four women mount a more effective immune response.
    — David Cox, NPR, 25 Aug. 2025
  • For decades, aluminum has been used as a vaccine adjuvant – an ingredient added to create a stronger immune response.
    — Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 6 Dec. 2025
  • Still others trigger an immune response akin to an allergic reaction.
    — Jyoti Madhusoodanan, Scientific American, 17 Mar. 2026
  • The immune response is strong at younger ages, and there has not been evidence of significant waning protection.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 24 Apr. 2026
  • This process, as intended, engages adaptive immune responses, the part of the immune system known to be trainable.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 15 May 2026
  • By suppressing appetite, the body can direct more energy toward the immune response.
    — Jasna Hodžić, Big Think, 22 Apr. 2026

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