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Acronym	Definition
AIS	Automatic Identification System (radio navigation)
AIS	Australian Institute of Sport
AIS	Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome
AIS	American International School
AIS	Automated Information System(s)
AIS	American Industrial Systems, Inc. (Irvine, CA)
AIS	Association of Interior Specialists (also seen as AOIS)
AIS	All in Society (clan)
AIS	Advanced Information Systems (Boeing Corporation)
AIS	Affordable Interior Systems (Hudson, MA)
AIS	Aquatic Invasive Species
AIS	Account Information Security
AIS	Advanced Integrated Solutions (various locations)
AIS	Advanced Info Service (mobile phone operator; Thailand)
AIS	As I Said
AIS	Association for Information Systems (international, for exchange of info about information systems)
AIS	Accounting Information System
AIS	Artist in Schools (various locations)
AIS	Air Induction System (vehicles)
AIS	Administrative Information Services
AIS	Auto Insurance Specialists (various locations)
AIS	Artificial Immune System
AIS	Aeronautical Information Service
AIS	Autonomous and Intelligent Systems (various organizations)
AIS	Artificial Intelligence System
AIS	Alarm Indication Signal (UNI Fault Management)
AIS	Adaptive Immune System
AIS	Alien Invasive Species (biological diversity)
AIS	Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis
AIS	American Institute for Stuttering (New York, NY)
AIS	Arsenal Indonesia Supporter (club)
AIS	Antarctic Ice Sheet (polar ice cap)
AIS	Art Institute of Seattle (Seattle, WA)
AIS	Academic Intervention Services
AIS	Abbreviated Injury Scale (accident analysis)
AIS	Adenocarcinoma in Situ
AIS	Advanced Ip Services
AIS	Attribute Information Structure
AIS	Accredited Integration Specialist
AIS	Automatic Image Stabiliser
AIS	Administrative Information Service
AIS	Automated Information System
AIS	Active Integrated Subsystems
AIS	Advanced Integrated System
AIS	Automatic Identification System
AIS	Alternate Instruction Set
AIS	Array of Intensity Samples
AIS	Alarm Indication Signal
AIS	Associazione Italiana Sommeliers (Italian Professional Wine Stewards Association)
AIS	Advanced Infrastructure Solutions (various organizations)
AIS	Asian International School (Sri Lanka)
AIS	Analytical Instrument Systems (Flemington, NJ)
AIS	Appraisers International Society (est. 1982)
AIS	Australian International School
AIS	Aviation Information Systems (software)
AIS	Associate in Insurance Services
AIS	Automated Identification System
AIS	Advanced Interactive Systems (Seattle, WA, USA)
AIS	American Iris Society
AIS	Attack and Identification System (Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft)
AIS	Atlanta International School
AIS	Acceptance into Service
AIS	Advanced Industrial Societies (political science)
AIS	Army Intelligence School
AIS	Application Interface Specification
AIS	Autodesk Inventor Series (software)
AIS	Adaptation et Intégration Scolaire (French: Adaptation and Integration School)
AIS	American Institute of Stress
AIS	Automatic Information System
AIS	Agence Immobilière Sociale (French: Social Real Estate; Luxembourg)
AIS	Agro Ingreso Seguro
AIS	Air Injection System (Yamaha)
AIS	Air-Insulated Switchgear (Siemens AG)
AIS	Amnesty International Slovenije (Slovinia)
AIS	Automatic Investment Service (various organizations)
AIS	Administrative Information System
AIS	Aeronautical Information System
AIS	American Indian Services
AIS	Air Interface Standard (wireless networks)
AIS	Airborne Imaging Spectrometer
AIS	Advertising Information Services (various locations)
AIS	Apples in Stereo (band)
AIS	Association Internationale de Sociologie (French: International Sociological Association)
AIS	Affordable Internet Solutions (various locations)
AIS	American Interplanetary Society (est. 1930; science fiction)
AIS	Automated Information Security
AIS	Arbeitgeber-Informations-Service
AIS	Automatic Intercept System
AIS	Address Information Systems (USPS)
AIS	Advanced Information System
AIS	Asociación Internacional de Sociologia (Spanish: International Sociological Association)
AIS	Alltel Information Services
AIS	Automotive Ignition System
AIS	Association of Imaging Service Bureaus
AIS	Applied Information Sciences, Inc.
AIS	Automatic Indexing-Shutter (photography)
AIS	Anti-Inflammatoires Stéroïdiens (French: Anti-Inflammatory Steroids)
AIS	Assured Information Security (Rome, NY)
AIS	Applied Intelligence Solutions (retail software)
AIS	Ateliers de l'Image et du Son (French: Image and Sound Workshops)
AIS	Air Intelligence Squadron
AIS	Advisory Investment Service (various locations)
AIS	Advanced Inventory Solutions, Inc. (Grand Rapids, MI)
AIS	Avionics Intermediate Shop
AIS	American Indianist Society (Randolph, MA)
AIS	Air Interface Specification
AIS	Airborne Instrumentation System
AIS	Alberta Innovation and Science (Canada)
AIS	Abu-Dhabi International School (Abu Dhabi, UAE)
AIS	Automatic Idle Speed Motor
AIS	Army Information System
AIS	Alarm Indicator Signal
AIS	American Ivy Society (Naples, Florida)
AIS	Airborne Instrumentation Subsystem
AIS	Affiliate Information System
AIS	Annual Inspection Summary
AIS	Accrued Income Scheme (UK)
AIS	Alarm Indication System
AIS	Acceptable Intake for Subchronic Exposure
AIS	Ambient Information Systems (workshop)
AIS	Aviation Instructional Staff (Australia)
AIS	Anti Icing System
AIS	Automated Insolvency System
AIS	Advanced Instrument School (Will Rodger World Airport, Oklahoma City, OK)
AIS	Alabama Institutional Serial Number (penal system identifier)
AIS	Ass in Seat
AIS	Aircraft Instrumentation Subsystem
AIS	Application Integration Support
AIS	Academic Instructor School
AIS	Auto Immune System (procedure automation; Fujitsu Siemens Computers, Inc.)
AIS	American Institutional Services
AIS	Advanced Isotope Separation
AIS	Alarm Inhibit Signal (Sprint)
AIS	Additional Information Specification
AIS	Accident Investigation Site
AIS	Advanced Identification System
AIS	Acoustic Imaging System
AIS	Accumulator Injection System
AIS	Applied Information System
AIS	Alarm Insertion Signal (SONET/SDH)
AIS	American Interdisciplinary Studies
AIS	Account Information Summary
AIS	ABCs Information Services
AIS	Accident Information Sheet
AIS	Adaptive Interference Suppression
AIS	Advanced Informations Services
AIS	Acoustic Intercept System
AIS	Avionics Integrated Support
AIS	Applicant Inventory System
AIS	Affiliate and Immigration Services
AIS	Airborne Intelligence System
AIS	Automated Intelligence System
AIS	Adaptive Infrastructure Strategy
AIS	Asbestos Information System
AIS	Automated Import Systems
AIS	Architecture Integration Study
AIS	Age in Service (age composition of a company's labor force)
AIS	Airborne Intercept System
AIS	Alien Internet Services (Internet Media business in Australia)
AIS	Alien Internet Services
AIS	Aciers Inoxydables Spéciaux (French: Special Stainless Steel)
AIS	Allergy Information Statement (food label)
AIS	Adversary Information Systems
AIS	Ace Investigations & Security
AIS	Accountable Instruction System
AIS	Academy of International Studies at Woodburn (Woodburn, OR)
AIS	APCE Interface Set
AIS	Adventures in Suburbia (band)
AIS	American Installation Services
AIS	Acid Injection System
AIS	Agence Intégrale de Services (French: Complete Agency Services)
AIS	Advanced Indication System
AIS	Admissions Intake Specialist
AIS	Auto Initiate Sector
AIS	Automatic Interval Selection
AIS	Audio Intercommunications System
AIS	Annual Inventory Inspection
AIS	Autonomous Intelligence Submunitions
AIS	ARKS (Artificial Relicit to Keep Species) Interception Silhouette (Phantasy Star Online 2 game)
AIS	Advanced Infantry School
AIS	ADN Interface Simulator
AIS	Alternate Interim Successor
AIS	Archive Index System
AIS	Accredited Integrated Specialist
AIS	Antenna Interface System/Subsystem
AIS	Arize Informatique Services (French computer technology retailer)

References in periodicals archive

These are known as the innate and adaptive immune systems. Simplistically, the front-line innate system is nonspecific and non-memory forming, providing a rapid but limited response.

Immuno-oncology: Safety Assessment: Taking the brakes off the immune system with checkpoint inhibitor antibodies

Table 1: The function of MSCs in mediating immune cells both in innate and adaptive immune systems. Immune cell type MSC functions Innate immune systems DCs Inhibiting DC migration, activation, differentiation, maturation, and endocytosis NK cell Inhibiting NK cell migration, proliferation, differentiation, maturation, and activation Activating M2 macrophage polarization in Macrophage general; activating M1 macrophage polarization in specific microenvironment Adaptive immune systems Inhibiting T-cell survival proliferation, T cell differentiation, maturation, and activation, while accelerating T-cell recruitment B cell Inhibiting B-cell proliferation, differentiation, maturation, chemotaxis, and activation Table 2: Biological function of soluble factor secreted by MSCs.

Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Based Immunomodulation: Properties and Clinical Application

Most modern vaccines work predominantly by stimulating the production of antibodies, (12) although many newer vaccines improve activation of the T lymphocyte arm of the adaptive immune system.

Vaccine facts, falsehoods, and best policies

The adaptive immune system develops later on and consists primarily of lymphocytes and their products, including antibodies and cytokines.

Food reactivity testing: the leukocyte activation test

(1) The architecture of this system can be divided into two distinct but interdependent branches: the innate and adaptive immune systems.

A20 modulation: a potential biological threat that can be mitigated by immunohistochemistry

The functions of cells of the adaptive immune system are as follows.

Primer on the immune system

High body temperatures during flight have been demonstrated in multiple species of bats within several families (Table 1), and such high body temperature ranges increase the rate of multiple immune responses in mammals, including components of the innate and adaptive immune systems (Table 2).

Bat flight and zoonotic viruses

The main agents of the adaptive immune system are lymphocytes that are are called the B cells which produce antibodies to attack the enemy.

Minimum variance distortionless response beamformer with enhanced nulling level control via dynamic mutated artificial immune system

This suggests that canned pineapple consumption has distinct effect on both innate and adaptive immune system. Though there is no significant effect on CD4 and CD8, which are often used in many studies, the significant increase in CD16+56 demonstrates the effect of canned pineapple consumption on the adaptive immune system.

Effects of canned pineapple consumption on nutritional status, immunomodulation, and physical health of selected school children

Because the adaptive immune system is so specific to individual antibodies, it relies on the innate system to provide signals that invaders are both foreign and dangerous--the responses of the innate system permit the adaptive system to begin ramping up.

Hypersensitivity and anaphylaxis

A vaccine is designed to stimulate the adaptive immune system before you're exposed to the virus and bacteria so when you do encounter it, your body is ready to spring into action before the pathogen can make you sick.

Vaccines

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