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ALLOGENEIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Denoting or relating to cells or tissues from individuals belonging to the same species but genetically dissimilar (and hence immunologically incompatible)
Classified under:
Antonym:
xenogeneic (denoting or relating to cells or tissues from individuals belonging to different species)
Derivation:
immunology (the branch of medical science that studies the body's immune system)
Context examples:
A population of allogeneic cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) specifically reactive to cytomegalovirus (CMV) and adenovirus (AdV) with potential antiviral activity.
(Allogeneic CMV/AdV-Specific Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes, NCI Thesaurus)
An allogeneic whole cell vaccine, derived from irradiated allogenic tumor cells manipulated to express human B7.1 (CD80 antigen) and human leukocyte antigen (HLA) A1, with potential antitumor activity.
(Allogeneic B7.1/HLA-A1 Transfected Tumor Cell Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)
A cancer vaccine consisting of allogeneic, immortalized dendritic precursor cells derived from a patient with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML), with potential immunostimulatory and antineoplastic activities.
(Allogeneic AML Antigen-expressing Dendritic Cell Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)
A population of allogeneic cytotoxic T-lymphocytes (CTLs) specifically reactive to human adenovirus (Ad) with potential immunomodulating and anti-adenoviral activities.
(Allogeneic Adenovirus-specific Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes, NCI Thesaurus)
Donor T cell therapy may help control transplant-related viral infections following allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
(Allodepleted Haploidentical T Cells-expressing Inducible Caspase 9, NCI Thesaurus)
A cancer vaccine comprised of irradiated allogeneic pancreatic cancer cells transfected to express murine alpha-1,3-galactosyltransferase with potential antitumor activity.
(Algenpantucel-L, NCI Thesaurus)
A preparation consisting of allogeneic, differentiated Th1-like T cells bound to T cell-stimulating monoclonal antibodies with potential antitumor activity.
(Allogeneic CD4+ Memory Th1-like T Cells/Microparticle-bound Anti-CD3/anti-CD28, NCI Thesaurus)
Allogeneic tri-viral specific, adenovirus, cytomegalovirus and Epstein-Barr virus (Adv, CMV and EBV or ACE), cytotoxic T-lymphocytes (CTLs) with potential antiviral activity.
(Adenovirus/Cytomegalovirus/Epstein-Barr Virus-specific Allogeneic Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes, NCI Thesaurus)
A method of hematopoietic reconstitution, Peripheral Stem Cell Transplants utilize (transfuse) hematopoietic stem cells harvested from circulating blood of an autologous, syngeneic, or allogeneic donor to reconstitute the bone marrow of the transplant recipient.
(Peripheral Stem Cell Transplant, NCI Thesaurus)
A synthetic allogeneic cancer vaccine.
(Melanoma Theraccine, NCI Thesaurus)
