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IMMUNOGENIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Possessing the ability to elicit an immune response
Classified under:
Similar:
insusceptible; unsusceptible (not susceptible to)
Derivation:
immunogenicity (the property of eliciting an immune response)
Context examples:
Dinitrophenyl compound is commonly used to couple with peptides in vaccine preparation to enhance the immunogenicity of otherwise weak immunogenic antigens.
(Dinitrophenyl, NCI Thesaurus)
ALVAC-CEA (6D)-B7.1 vaccine expresses both a highly immunogenic analogue (6D) of the immunodominant epitope of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) and B7.1 (also known as CD80), the natural ligand for the T-cell antigen CD28.
(ALVAC-CEA (6D)-B7.1 Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)
HER2/neu, a tumor associated antigen (TAA), is overexpressed in a variety of tumor cell types and is highly immunogenic.
(AE37 Peptide/GM-CSF Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)
Adenoviral vector Ad5-CEA(6D) vaccine expresses a highly immunogenic analogue of CEA [CAP1-(6D)].
(Adenoviral Vector Ad5-CEA(6D) Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)
This protein is a member of the cancer/testis family of antigens and it is found to be immunogenic.
(Acrosin Binding Protein, NCI Thesaurus/LocusLink)
The use of a liposomal carrier confers immunogenicity to the naturally non-immunogenic idiotype.
(Oncovax-ID/IL-2 Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)
DNP conjugation may enhance the immunogenicity of weakly immunogenic antigens.
(Autologous Dinitrophenyl-Modified Ovarian Cancer Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)
A family of immunogenic proteins that are found in a wide variety of tumors but are not expressed in adult somatic cells.
(Cancer/Testis Antigen, NCI Thesaurus)
A tumor-associated antigen belonging to the family of immunogenic testicular proteins that are aberrantly expressed in human cancers in a lineage-nonspecific fashion.
(NY-ESO-B, NCI Thesaurus)
The highly immunogenic nuclear protein TARP is commonly expressed in breast and prostate cancer cells.
(Autologous TARP Peptide-Pulsed Dendritic Cell Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)
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