Term Name: hypersensitivity
Synonyms: hypersensitivity response
Definition: An inflammatory response to an exogenous environmental antigen or an endogenous antigen initiated by the adaptive immune system.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0002524]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: acute inflammatory response to antigenic stimulus
has subtype: type I hypersensitivity type II hypersensitivity type III hypersensitivity type IV hypersensitivity
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of hypersensitivity
positively regulated by: positive regulation of hypersensitivity
regulated by: regulation of hypersensitivity