Term Name: positive regulation of immune response
Synonyms: stimulation of immune response, up regulation of immune response, up-regulation of immune response, upregulation of immune response
Definition: Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of the immune response, the immunological reaction of an organism to an immunogenic stimulus.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0050778]    QuickGO    AmiGO

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is a type of: biological regulation positive regulation of immune system process positive regulation of response to stimulus regulation of immune response
has subtype: activation of immune response positive regulation of adaptive immune response positive regulation of antigen receptor-mediated signaling pathway positive regulation of basophil degranulation positive regulation of CD4-positive, CD25-positive, alpha-beta regulatory T cell differentiation involved in immune response positive regulation of eosinophil degranulation positive regulation of Fc receptor mediated stimulatory signaling pathway positive regulation of gamma-delta T cell activation involved in immune response positive regulation of humoral immune response positive regulation of immune response to tumor cell positive regulation of inflammatory response to antigenic stimulus positive regulation of innate immune response positive regulation of mast cell activation involved in immune response positive regulation of memory T cell differentiation positive regulation of natural killer cell differentiation involved in immune response positive regulation of neutrophil degranulation positive regulation of plasma cell differentiation positive regulation of T cell activation via T cell receptor contact with antigen bound to MHC molecule on antigen presenting cell positive regulation of T-helper cell differentiation positive regulation of type 2 immune response
positively regulates: immune response