Exploration of Immunology

From: Immune network operations in COVID-19

Table 1. The network optimization analogy

IT NetOps	Definition	Immune NetOps	Immune operators
Traffic shaping	Traffic shaping is a strategy to improve the performance and management of traffic in a network	JAK/STAT signaling pathway modulation	Immunosupressors
Data caching	Data caching is a process that stores multiple copies of data in a temporary storage location—or cache—so they can be accessed faster	Activation of trained immunity/innate immunity	BCG/influenza/pneumococcal vaccine
Data compression	Data compression is the process of encoding, restructuring data in order to reduce its size	Activation of adaptative immunity/immune memory	COVID-19 approved vaccines
Buffer tuning	Buffer tuning or network buffer, corresponds with the smallest unit for effective communication between subtasks	Concurrent activation of innate and adaptative immune responses/immune fitness	New type of vaccines/TIbV

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BCG: bacillus Calmette-Guerin; TIbV: trained immunity-based vaccines

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