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- adjective Of or pertaining to immunology.
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- adjective immunology Of, or relating to
immunology . - noun medicine Any
drug used to treat theimmune system .
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- adjective of or relating to immunology
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Examples
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Confer cell identity and participate in immunological reactions.
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DC phagocytose tumor antigen and migrate to the dLN where they stimulate T cell clonal expansion resulting in T cell-dependent brain tumor regression and long-term immunological memory.
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It is therefore difficult to use these mice in long-term immunological studies.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Amanda Kwant-Mitchell et al. 2009
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Once a T cell’s antigen receptor finds an antigen has entered the body that it recognizes as foreign, the T cell forms what is known as an immunological synapse—think of it as a telephone call from the T cell to the dendritic cell—querying dendritic cells for additional information about the antigen and its source in the body.
The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008
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Once a T cell’s antigen receptor finds an antigen has entered the body that it recognizes as foreign, the T cell forms what is known as an immunological synapse—think of it as a telephone call from the T cell to the dendritic cell—querying dendritic cells for additional information about the antigen and its source in the body.
The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008
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This T cell (blue), one of the immune system's principle means of defense, identifies the molecular signature of a dendritic cell (green) at a junction between the two called the immunological synapse.
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It has been testing Yervoy against prostate cancer and lung cancer in combination with other treatments, and has five other, experimental immunological cancer compounds in early- to late-stage human testing.
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Jakafi, which is taken twice a day, inhibits the enzymes involved in regulating blood and immunological functioning.
FDA Approves Incyte's Drug for Bone-Marrow Disease Melodie Warner 2011
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While it has even been observed that the presence of G6PD deficiency could provide "an evolutionary advantage" in malarial endemic environments, it of course remains the case that one must first survive and surmount the ailment itself (and its attendant complications) in order to realize any of its ancillary immunological benefits.
Randall Amster: The Most Common Disease You've Never Heard Of Randall Amster 2010
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It has been testing Yervoy against prostate cancer and lung cancer in combination with other treatments, and has five other, experimental immunological cancer compounds in early- to late-stage human testing.
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