CELL-MEDIATED IMMUNE RESPONSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cell-mediated immune response mean? 

• CELL-MEDIATED IMMUNE RESPONSE (noun)
  The noun CELL-MEDIATED IMMUNE RESPONSE has 1 sense:

1. an immune response (chiefly against viral or fungal invasions or transplanted tissue) that involves T cells

  Familiarity information: CELL-MEDIATED IMMUNE RESPONSE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CELL-MEDIATED IMMUNE RESPONSE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An immune response (chiefly against viral or fungal invasions or transplanted tissue) that involves T cells

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("cell-mediated immune response" is a kind of...):

immune reaction; immune response; immunologic response (a bodily defense reaction that recognizes an invading substance (an antigen: such as a virus or fungus or bacteria or transplanted organ) and produces antibodies specific against that antigen)

 Context examples 

This allele, which encodes interleukin-27 receptor subunit alpha protein, is involved in the modulation of helper T-cell-mediated immune responses.

(IL27RA wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Several signaling pathways contribute to IL-12 activation of STAT-4 to regulate cell-mediated immune responses.

(IL12 Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

This may restore immune function and may result in the activation of T-cells and cell-mediated immune responses against tumor cells.

(Anti-PD-1 Fusion Protein AMP-224, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes interleukin-2 receptor beta chain protein, is involved in T cell-mediated immune responses, receptor-mediated endocytosis and mitogenic signal transduction involving interleukin 2.

(IL2RB wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Furthermore, this agent also enhances humoral and cell-mediated immune responses, and increases natural killer cell cytotoxicity functions.

(Klebsiella pneumoniae Glycoprotein, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene plays a role in calcium transport and T-cell-mediated immune responses.

(ORAI1 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon infusion, these lymphocytes recognize and exert a cytotoxic T-cell-mediated immune response against MART-1-expressing melanoma cells.

(MART-1 Reactive CD8+ T-lymphocytes, NCI Thesaurus)

Montanide ISA-51, a stabilized water-in-oil emulsion adjuvant containing mineral oil with mannide oleate added as a surfactant, non-specifically stimulates cell-mediated immune responses to antigens.

(HLA-A2, A3-Restricted FGF-5 Peptides/Montanide ISA-51 Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

Immunogenic peptides from the HPV 16 E6 may be used to trigger a T-cell-mediated immune response to HPV.

(HPV 16 E6 (18-26) Peptide, NCI Thesaurus)

A specific humoral or cell-mediated immune response against autologous (self) antigens.

(Autoimmune Process, NCI Thesaurus)