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IMMUNOGEN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any substance or organism that provokes an immune response (produces immunity) when introduced into the body

Synonyms:

immunizing agent; immunogen

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("immunogen" is a kind of...):

antigen (any substance (as a toxin or enzyme) that stimulates an immune response in the body (especially the production of antibodies))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "immunogen"):

vaccine; vaccinum (immunogen consisting of a suspension of weakened or dead pathogenic cells injected in order to stimulate the production of antibodies)

toxin antitoxin (a mixture of toxin and antitoxin used to immunize against a disease)

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 Context examples: 

A chimeric peptide immunogen of human epidermal growth factor-2 (HER-2) with antineoplastic property.

(MVF-HER-2(628-647)-CRL 1005 Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

A cancer vaccine, containing human-specific large multivalent immunogen (LMI) isolated from plasma membrane fractions of the melanoma cell lines MSM-M1 and MSM-M2, with potential immunostimulating and antineoplastic activities.

(Allogeneic Large Multivalent Immunogen Melanoma Vaccine LP2307, NCI Thesaurus)

A cancer vaccine, containing human-specific large multivalent immunogens (LMIs) isolated from the membrane fraction of cells from a breast cancer cell line, with potential immunostimulatory and antineoplastic activities.

(Allogeneic Large Multivalent Immunogen Breast Cancer Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)