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anti-idiotype — an·ti id·io·type (an″te idґe o tīp) an antibody directed against an idiotypic determinant of another antibody. See idiotype–anti idiotype network, under network … Medical dictionary
Anti-idiotype vaccine — An anti idiotype vaccine is a vaccine made of antibodies that see other antibodies as the antigen and bind to it. Anti idiotype vaccines can stimulate the body to produce antibodies against tumor cells. External links *… … Wikipedia
anti-idiotype antibody — An antibody directed against the antigen specific part of the sequence of an antibody or T cell receptor. In principle an anti idiotype antibody should inhibit a specific immune response … Dictionary of molecular biology
anti-idiotype vaccine — A vaccine made of antibodies that see other antibodies as the antigen and bind to it. Anti idiotype vaccines can stimulate the body to produce antibodies against tumor cells … English dictionary of cancer terms
anti-idiotype — an·ti idiotype … English syllables
anti-idiotype — noun Date: 1975 an antibody that binds to the antigen combining site of another antibody either suppressing or enhancing the immune response • anti idiotypic adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
anti-idiotype — … Useful english dictionary
anti-idiotype antibody — antibody that binds selectively to a specific idiotope … Medical dictionary
anti-idiotype antibody — An antibody, produced by an organism, which specifically binds to the binding site of an antibody developed by that organism against a foreign antigen. Involved with the regulation of the immune response. Some allergic responses are in part due… … Glossary of Biotechnology
idiotype–anti-idiotype network — a regulatory mechanism mounted in response to the unique or idiotypic determinants of lymphocytes or antibodies upon antigenic stimulation. Activation of a B cell results in a clone of plasma cells producing immunoglobulin of a single idiotype,… … Medical dictionary
