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ChEBI
immunological adjuvant
- Term ID
- CHEBI:50847
- Synonyms
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- Immunoactivator
- Immunoadjuvant
- Immunologic adjuvant
- Immunopotentiator
- Immunostimulant
- Definition
- A substance that augments, stimulates, activates, potentiates, or modulates the immune response at either the cellular or humoral level. A classical agent (Freund's adjuvant, BCG, Corynebacterium parvum, et al.) contains bacterial antigens. It could also be endogenous (e.g., histamine, interferon, transfer factor, tuftsin, interleukin-1). Its mode of action is either non-specific, resulting in increased immune responsiveness to a wide variety of antigens, or antigen-specific, i.e., affecting a restricted type of immune response to a narrow group of antigens. The therapeutic efficacy is related to its antigen-specific immunoadjuvanticity.
- References
- Ontology
- ChEBI ( EBI )
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Phenotype
Phenotype resulting from immunological adjuvant
Phenotype where environments contain immunological adjuvant
Phenotype modified by environments containing immunological adjuvant
Human Disease Model