FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026
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Term defense response ID (Ontology) GO:0006952 (Gene Ontology)
Definition Reactions, triggered in response to the presence of a foreign body or the occurrence of an injury, which result in restriction of damage to the organism attacked or prevention/recovery from the infection caused by the attack.
Also Known As"defence response" ; "physiological defense response"
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  response to stimulus
   |__response to stress
       |__defense response  597 rec.
           |__behavioral defense response 3 rec.
           |   |__behavioral defense response to insect
           |   |__behavioral defense response to nematode
           |   |__behavioral fear response(+)
           |__cellular defense response
           |   |__regulation of cellular defense response(+)
           |__defense response by callose deposition
           |   |__defense response by callose deposition in cell wall
           |   |__regulation of defense response by callose deposition
           |__defense response by callose deposition in cell wall
           |__defense response by cell wall thickening
           |   |__defense response by callose deposition in cell wall
           |__defense response to bacterium 296 rec.
           |   |__antibacterial humoral response(+) 74 rec.
           |   |__antibacterial innate immune response 3 rec.
           |   |__defense response to Gram-negative bacterium(+) 123 rec.
           |   |__defense response to Gram-positive bacterium(+) 49 rec.
           |   |__induced systemic resistance(+)
           |   |__male-specific defense response to bacterium(+) 1 rec.
           |   |__neutrophil-mediated killing of bacterium(+)
           |   |__peptidoglycan recognition protein signaling pathway(+) 85 rec.
           |   |__regulation of defense response to bacterium(+) 105 rec.
           |__defense response to fungus 51 rec.
           |   |__antifungal humoral response(+) 20 rec.
           |   |__antifungal innate immune response(+) 13 rec.
           |   |__neutrophil-mediated killing of fungus(+)
           |   |__regulation of defense response to fungus(+) 13 rec.
           |__defense response to insect 9 rec.
           |   |__behavioral defense response to insect
           |   |__regulation of defense response to insect(+)
           |__defense response to nematode
           |   |__behavioral defense response to nematode
           |__defense response to oomycetes 1 rec.
           |   |__regulation of defense response to oomycetes(+)
           |__defense response to other organism 443 rec.
           |   |__defense response to parasitic plant
           |   |__defense response to protozoan 6 rec.
           |   |__defense response to symbiont(+) 438 rec.
           |   |__xenophagy(+)
           |__defense response to tumor cell
           |__defense response to virus 66 rec.
           |   |__antiviral innate immune response 5 rec.
           |   |__regulation of defense response to virus(+) 20 rec.
           |   |__RNAi-mediated antiviral immune response(+) 5 rec.
           |   |__suppression of viral release by host
           |__inflammatory response 1 rec.
           |   |__acute inflammatory response(+)
           |   |__chronic inflammatory response(+)
           |   |__inflammasome-mediated signaling pathway(+)
           |   |__inflammatory response to antigenic stimulus(+)
           |   |__inflammatory response to wounding(+)
           |   |__leukocyte activation involved in inflammatory response(+)
           |   |__leukocyte migration involved in inflammatory response(+)
           |   |__neuroinflammatory response(+)
           |   |__production of molecular mediator involved in inflammatory response(+)
           |   |__pyroptotic inflammatory response(+)
           |   |__regulation of inflammatory response(+) 1 rec.
           |__regulation of defense response 237 rec.
           |   |__negative regulation of defense response(+) 86 rec.
           |   |__positive regulation of defense response(+) 184 rec.
           |   |__regulation of antimicrobial humoral response(+) 90 rec.
           |   |__regulation of behavioral fear response(+)
           |   |__regulation of cellular defense response(+)
           |   |__regulation of defense response by callose deposition
           |   |__regulation of defense response to bacterium(+) 105 rec.
           |   |__regulation of defense response to fungus(+) 13 rec.
           |   |__regulation of defense response to insect(+)
           |   |__regulation of defense response to oomycetes(+)
           |   |__regulation of defense response to virus(+) 20 rec.
           |   |__regulation of inflammatory response(+) 1 rec.
           |   |__regulation of innate immune response(+) 174 rec.
           |   |__regulation of systemic acquired resistance(+)
           |__respiratory burst involved in defense response
               |__respiratory burst after phagocytosis
               |__respiratory burst involved in inflammatory response(+)
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  • "antimicrobial peptide activity" RELATED
    "defence response" EXACT
    "defense/immunity protein activity" RELATED
    "physiological defense response" EXACT
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