Term Name: adaptive immune response
Synonyms: acquired immune response, immune memory response
Definition: An immune response mediated by cells expressing specific receptors for antigens produced through a somatic diversification process, and allowing for an enhanced secondary response to subsequent exposures to the same antigen (immunological memory).
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0002250]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: immune response
has subtype: adaptive immune effector response adaptive immune memory response adaptive immune response based on somatic recombination of immune receptors built from immunoglobulin superfamily domains adaptive immune response based on somatic recombination of immune receptors built from leucine-rich repeat domains primary adaptive immune response
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of adaptive immune response
positively regulated by: positive regulation of adaptive immune response
regulated by: regulation of adaptive immune response