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HUMORAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to bodily fluids
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
humor (the liquid parts of the body)
Derivation:
humor (the liquid parts of the body)
humor ((Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state)
Context examples:
Upon intradermal administration, mRNA-derived lung cancer vaccine CV9202 may stimulate the immune system to mount both humoral and cellular responses against NSCLC cells.
(mRNA-derived Lung Cancer Vaccine CV9202, NCI Thesaurus)
Vaccination with NY-ESO-1 peptide vaccine may stimulate the host immune system to mount a humoral and cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) response to cells expressing NY-ESO-1 antigen, resulting in tumor cell lysis.
(NY-ESO-1 Peptide Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)
Vaccination with this peptide vaccine may elicit strong humoral and cellular immune responses to NY-ESO-1-expressing cancers.
(NY-ESO-1b Peptide Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)
NY-ESO-1 elicits a strong, integrated humoral and cellular immune response in a high proportion of patients with NY-ESO-1-expressing tumors and is under investigation as a cancer immunotherapy agent.
(NY-ESO-B, NCI Thesaurus)
T-lymphocytes provide cell-mediated immunity, while B-lymphocytes produce antibodies that provide humoral immunity.
(Negative Regulation of Lymphocyte Activation, NCI Thesaurus)
Upon administration, MVA-PSA-PAP prostate cancer vaccine expresses PSA and PAP peptides, which may elicit humoral and cellular immune responses against prostate cancer cells expressing PSA and PAP.
(MVA-PSA/PAP Prostate Cancer Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)
Vaccination with MUC1-KLH conjugate vaccine may stimulate humoral and cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL) responses against tumor cells expressing the MUC1 antigen.
(MUC1-KLH Conjugate Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)
Lymphoid cells concerned with humoral immunity.
(Murine B-Lymphocytes, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
These cytokines influence B-cell development and antibody production as well as augmenting humoral responses.
(Murine Th2 Cells, NCI Thesaurus)
Upon administration, CHP-NY-ESO-1 peptide vaccine IMF-001 may stimulate the host immune system to mount a humoral and cytotoxic T-cell response against tumor cells expressing NY-ESO-1 antigen, resulting in tumor cell lysis.
(CHP-NY-ESO-1 Peptide Vaccine IMF-001, NCI Thesaurus)
