HUMORAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does humoral mean? 

• HUMORAL (adjective)
  The adjective HUMORAL has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to bodily fluids

  Familiarity information: HUMORAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HUMORAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to bodily fluids

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

humor (the liquid parts of the body)

Derivation:

humor (the liquid parts of the body)

humor ((Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state)

 Context examples 

Vaccination with NY-ESO-1 peptide vaccine may stimulate the host immune system to mount a humoral and cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) response against tumor cells expressing NY-ESO-1 antigen, resulting in tumor cell lysis.

(Fowlpox-NY-ESO-1 Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes G-protein coupled receptor 183 protein, plays a role in the modulation of humoral immunity.

(GPR18 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in humoral immunity.

(GPR183 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon administration, monoclonal antibody 4B5 anti-idiotype vaccine may elicit both cellular and humoral immune responses against GD2- expressing tumor cells.

(Monoclonal Antibody 4B5 Anti-Idiotype Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene is involved in humoral immunity to breast cancer.

(ERGIC3 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Cytokine Receptor Genes encode cell surface Cytokine Receptors that bind paracrine or autocrine cytokine growth factors that stimulate humoral and cellular immune responses, as well as activation of phagocytic cells.

(Cytokine Receptor Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon intramuscular injection of CMVpp65/gB plasmid vaccine ASP0113, the expressed proteins may activate the immune system to mount both cellular and humoral immune responses against CMV-positive cells.

(CMVpp65/gB Plasmid Vaccine ASP0113, NCI Thesaurus)

Complement deficiencies decrease the effectiveness of the humoral immune response.

(Complement Deficiency, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene plays a role in humoral and cellular immune responses.

(CTAG1B Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Vaccination with anti-Id A1G4 MoAb may elicit cellular and humoral immune responses against GD2 expression tumor cells.

(Monoclonal Antibody A1G4 Anti-Idiotype Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)