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Does every macrophage (and leucocyte in general) start from “scratch” as the organism grows in terms of "knowing" which pathogens to kill or does it somehow "know" to dismantle certain pathogens "genetically" once it is created? I guess, in other words, does it have to first get "exposed" to every single "antigen" it will every meet in order "create" antibodies for "antigens"/pathogens?
I know this is super complex and maybe not answerable easily (and very much out of my field of knowledge so pardon if this is a super ignorant question), I am mainly interested in figuring out whether the “innate immune system” is actually “innate” or is it more of a situation where for example, "the mother somehow passes on the antibodies to the baby after conception and before it is born" type of a situation, which I guess wouldn’t make it “innate”, but really “adaptive” (just not adaptive “after being born”)?
Essentially, is there anything in the genes that will "directly" code against certain pathogens?
I hope I'm not totally off the mark here, just trying to figure out the label "innate" in the term "innate immune system".
I know this is super complex and maybe not answerable easily (and very much out of my field of knowledge so pardon if this is a super ignorant question), I am mainly interested in figuring out whether the “innate immune system” is actually “innate” or is it more of a situation where for example, "the mother somehow passes on the antibodies to the baby after conception and before it is born" type of a situation, which I guess wouldn’t make it “innate”, but really “adaptive” (just not adaptive “after being born”)?
Essentially, is there anything in the genes that will "directly" code against certain pathogens?
I hope I'm not totally off the mark here, just trying to figure out the label "innate" in the term "innate immune system".
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