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ANTIGENIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to antigens
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
antigen (any substance (as a toxin or enzyme) that stimulates an immune response in the body (especially the production of antibodies))
Derivation:
antigen (any substance (as a toxin or enzyme) that stimulates an immune response in the body (especially the production of antibodies))
Context examples:
Use of antibodies or primed lymphocytes from an immune donor to produce immunity against an antigenic substance or organism in a nonimmune host.
(Passive Immunization, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)
Molecular biology technique that facilitates cloning or identification of specific proteins or peptides with a specific antigenic, ligand or protein-binding, enzymatic, or other biological property.
(Phage Display, NCI Thesaurus)
Mucin O-glycans can be branched, and many sugars or groups of sugars are antigenic.
(O-Glycan Biosynthesis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)
Nonsusceptibility to the pathogenic effects of foreign microorganisms or antigenic substances as a result of antibody secretions of the mucous membranes.
(Mucosal Immunity, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
An HIV species related to HIV-1 but carrying different antigenic components and with differing nucleic acid composition.
(Human Immunodeficiency Virus 2, NCI Thesaurus)
The immunological function of MHC Class-II proteins is to bind and present antigenic peptides on the surfaces of cells for recognition by the antigen-specific T cell receptors of lymphocytes.
(MHC Class II Protein, NCI Thesaurus)
An antibody directed against the individual antigenic determinants (idiotopes) on the variable region of an immunoglobulin molecule.
(Anti-Idiotype Antibody, NCI Thesaurus)
ERB-38 immunotoxin binds specifically to cells that overexpress HER2, the antigenic target of the monoclonal antibody; the exotoxin portion of the immunotoxin then lyses the cells bound by the antibody portion.
(Erb-38 immunotoxin, NCI Thesaurus)
A B-lymphocyte that has been transformed (activated) in response to antigenic stimulation.
(B-Immunoblast, NCI Thesaurus)
A normal feature of responses to infectious agents that allows recognition of multiple antigenic targets, Epitope Spreading involves non-cross-reactive epitopes, distinct from the inducing epitope, becoming major targets of an ongoing immune response.
(Epitope Spreading, NCI Thesaurus)
