An immune response against microbes mediated through a body fluid. Examples of this process are seen in the antimicrobial humoral response of Drosophila melanogaster and Mus musculus.
clearance of foreign intracellular nucleic acids +
complement activation +
hemolymph coagulation
host defense response against symbiont-mediated perturbation of plasma membrane integrity
humoral immune response mediated by circulating immunoglobulin +
innate immune response +
jasmonic acid and ethylene-dependent systemic resistance +
killing by host of symbiont cells +
negative regulation of humoral immune response +
positive regulation of humoral immune response +
positive regulation of phytoalexin biosynthetic process +
regulation of humoral immune response +
suppression of symbiont entry into host
symbiont-induced defense-related programmed cell death +