FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term positive regulation of defense response ID (Ontology) GO:0031349 (Gene Ontology)
Definition Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of a defense response.
Also Known As "up regulation of defense response" ; "up-regulation of defense response" ; "upregulation of defense response"
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positive regulation of biological process
 |__positive regulation of response to stimulus__
regulation of response to stimulus               |
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regulation of response to stress                 |
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                                                 positive regulation of defense response  187 rec.
                                                  |__positive regulation of antimicrobial humoral response 64 rec.
                                                  |   |__positive regulation of antimicrobial peptide production(+) 61 rec.
                                                  |__positive regulation of behavioral fear response
                                                  |__positive regulation of cellular defense response
                                                  |__positive regulation of defense response to bacterium 59 rec.
                                                  |   |__positive regulation of antibacterial peptide production(+) 35 rec.
                                                  |   |__positive regulation of neutrophil mediated killing of bacterium(+)
                                                  |   |__positive regulation of peptidoglycan recognition protein signaling pathway 21 rec.
                                                  |__positive regulation of defense response to insect
                                                  |__positive regulation of defense response to oomycetes
                                                  |__positive regulation of inflammatory response 1 rec.
                                                  |   |__positive regulation of acute inflammatory response(+)
                                                  |   |__positive regulation of chronic inflammatory response(+)
                                                  |   |__positive regulation of histamine secretion by mast cell
                                                  |   |__positive regulation of inflammatory response to antigenic stimulus(+)
                                                  |   |__positive regulation of inflammatory response to wounding
                                                  |   |__positive regulation of leukotriene production involved in inflammatory response
                                                  |   |__positive regulation of neuroinflammatory response(+)
                                                  |   |__positive regulation of pyroptotic inflammatory response
                                                  |   |__positive regulation of respiratory burst involved in inflammatory response
                                                  |__positive regulation of innate immune response 138 rec.
                                                  |   |__activation of innate immune response(+) 103 rec.
                                                  |   |__positive regulation of age-related resistance
                                                  |   |__positive regulation of antifungal innate immune response
                                                  |   |__positive regulation of complement activation, alternative pathway
                                                  |   |__positive regulation of complement activation, lectin pathway
                                                  |   |__positive regulation of innate immunity memory response
                                                  |   |__positive regulation of melanization defense response 7 rec.
                                                  |   |__positive regulation of natural killer cell mediated immunity(+)
                                                  |   |__positive regulation of pattern recognition receptor signaling pathway(+) 23 rec.
                                                  |   |__positive regulation of plant-type hypersensitive response
                                                  |   |__positive regulation of respiratory burst involved in inflammatory response
                                                  |   |__positive regulation of response to type II interferon(+)
                                                  |   |__positive regulation of type I interferon-mediated signaling pathway
                                                  |__positive regulation of neutrophil mediated killing of symbiont cell
                                                  |   |__positive regulation of neutrophil mediated killing of bacterium(+)
                                                  |   |__positive regulation of neutrophil mediated killing of fungus
                                                  |__positive regulation of systemic acquired resistance
                                                  |__positive regulation of xenophagy
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positive regulation of response to stimulus
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  • "activation of defense response" NARROW
    "stimulation of defense response" NARROW
    "up regulation of defense response" EXACT
    "up-regulation of defense response" EXACT
    "upregulation of defense response" EXACT
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