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a substance that stimulates the production of antibodies
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Independent variation in nature of the hemagglutinin and neuraminidase antigens of influenza virus: distinctiveness of the hemagglutinin antigen of Hong Kong-68 virus.
Thery speculates that the first dendritic cells to encounter an infectious microbe produce exosomes bearing microbial antigens as messages to other dendritic cells, sparking a chain reaction that amplifies and perhaps speeds the overall immune response.
The effect of pre-treatment with beta-glucuronidase, hyaluronidase, and antigen on anaphylactic sensitivity of guinea-pigs, rats and mice.
In-depth discussion of key opportunities and risks for novel vaccine antigen delivery technologies
Family 4, like family 2, is directed to cancer antigens, specifically other immunogenic portions of MUC1.
We observed that several metal ions enhanced antigen-mediated mast cell activation (Figures 3 and 5), which resulted in the release of mediators in amounts exceeding the maximum amount observed with antigen alone.
Studies in mice indicate that the presence of multiple antigens (32) does not appear to interfere with immune responses.
Only those skin tests that can quantify the patient's sensitivity to each antigen can provide the information necessary to formulate an optimal treatment program.
Hoping to create individualized vaccines without requiring that the tumor have a known antigen, Kufe's team in 1997 fused whole cancer cells with dendritic cells.
It can play the role of antigen in experimental animal models of MS and may well play this role in the human disease.
First, Select VLPs have a specific size and assembly process different from other VLPs which enables the expression of much larger vaccine antigens than can be expressed on other types of VLPs and also offers the prospect for distinctive antigen processing.