Inflammation is a second-line defense against infectious agents. The responses evoked by inflammation are a keystone of pathology. Diseases where inflammation plays a dominant pathological role have the suffix -itis. Both cell-mediated and humoral responses of the immune system are central to inflammation. [3] . More @Wikipedia
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