IMMUNOGEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does immunogen mean? 

• IMMUNOGEN (noun)
  The noun IMMUNOGEN has 1 sense:

1. any substance or organism that provokes an immune response (produces immunity) when introduced into the body

  Familiarity information: IMMUNOGEN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IMMUNOGEN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any substance or organism that provokes an immune response (produces immunity) when introduced into the body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

immunizing agent; immunogen

Hypernyms ("immunogen" is a kind of...):

antigen (any substance (as a toxin or enzyme) that stimulates an immune response in the body (especially the production of antibodies))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "immunogen"):

vaccine; vaccinum (immunogen consisting of a suspension of weakened or dead pathogenic cells injected in order to stimulate the production of antibodies)

toxin antitoxin (a mixture of toxin and antitoxin used to immunize against a disease)

 Context examples 

A test consisting of a myeloma idiotype (Id)-specific protein conjugated to the immunogen keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH).

(Id MM Vaccine Test, NCI Thesaurus)

A soluble protein immunogen used as a model antigen to study antibody:antigen binding and B- and T-cell responses in the laboratory.

(Lysozyme, Chicken Egg White, NCI Thesaurus)

In addition, Mab C017-1A has preclinically acted as an immunogen for development of anti-idiotypic antibody BR3E4.

(Monoclonal Antibody CO17-1A, NCI Thesaurus)

Vaccination with this immunogen may stimulate the host immune response to mount a cytotoxic T-lymphocyte response against tumor cells that overexpress the HER2 protein, resulting in tumor cell lysis.

(MVF-HER-2(628-647)-CRL 1005 Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

A test consisting of a lymphoma idiotype (Id)-specific protein conjugated to the immunogen keyhole limpet hemocyanin (KLH).

(Id Lymph Vaccine Test, NCI Thesaurus)

PADRE(R) is a proprietary family of molecules that enhances the immune systems response against an administered immunogen such as the HPV E7 nuclear protein.

(Human Papillomavirus 16 E7 Peptide/Padre 965.10, NCI Thesaurus)

Among a limited set of viral antigens expressed by NPC cells, LMP1 and LMP2 are weak immunogens which, nevertheless, are capable of inducing a T-lymphocyte response.

(Autologous LMP1-/LMP2- Specific Cytotoxic T-Lymphocytes, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon administration, allogeneic large multivalent immunogen melanoma vaccine LP2307 may stimulate a CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) response against melanoma tumor cells that express melanoma-specific LMI.

(Allogeneic Large Multivalent Immunogen Melanoma Vaccine LP2307, NCI Thesaurus)

A category of vaccines created by covalently attaching an antigen from an organism to a carrier protein from the same organism to aid in the delivery of the immunogen.

(Conjugate Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon administration, allogeneic large multivalent immunogen breast cancer vaccine may stimulate a cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) immune response against tumor cells that express the breast cancer cell-specific LMIs.

(Allogeneic Large Multivalent Immunogen Breast Cancer Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)