immunogen

(noun)

any substance that elicits a immune response; an antigen

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Examples of immunogen in the following topics:

  • Immunoassays for Disease

    • All work cooperatively to eliminate immunogenic foreign substances from the body.
  • Immunization, Antiseptics, and Antibiotics

    • Immunization is the process by which an individual's immune system becomes fortified against an agent (known as the immunogen) .
    • Therefore, by exposing a person to an immunogen in a controlled way, the body can learn to protect itself: this is called active immunization.
  • Cancer Immunology

    • It has also been suggested that immunosurveillance primarily functions as a component of a more general process of cancer immunoediting, a process by which a person is protected from cancer growth and the development of tumour immunogenicity by their immune system.
  • Pathogenic Escherichia coli

    • The O antigen is a polymer of immunogenic repeating oligosaccharides which is used for serotyping E.coli.
  • Clonal Selection of Antibody-Producing Cells

    • Such clonality has important consequences, as immunogenic memory relies on it .
  • Antigens and Antigen Receptors

    • Cells present their immunogenic-antigens to the immune system via a histocompatibility molecule.
  • Maturation of B Cells

    • Such clonality has important consequences because immunogenic memory relies on it.
  • Immunological Memory

    • Many parasitic pathogens, such as the plasmodium protist that causes malaria, haven't successfully been vaccinated against because it is challenging to develop a vaccine that is strong enough to stimulate an immune response (sufficient immunogenicity) without causing a live infection.
  • Botulism

    • This is a less immunogenic antitoxin that is effective against all known strains of botulism where not contraindicated.
  • Genetically Engineered Vaccines

    • In addition to being less reactogenic, recombinant subunit vaccines have a tendency to be less immunogenic than their conventional counterparts.
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