IMMUNOGENICITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does immunogenicity mean? 

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

1. the property of eliciting an immune response

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• IMMUNOGENICITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The property of eliciting an immune response

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

immunity; resistance ((medicine) the condition in which an organism can resist disease)

Derivation:

immunogenic (possessing the ability to elicit an immune response)

 Context examples 

The humanized version of this monoclonal antibody exhibits less immunogenicity and improved binding affinity compared to its murine counterpart.

(Lintuzumab, NCI Thesaurus)

A substance that can act as an epitope for an antibody but that lacks immunogenicity unless coupled to a larger carrier molecule.

(Hapten, NCI Thesaurus)

GPI-0100 functions as an adjuvant when given as part of a vaccine preparation to improve the immunogenicity of antigens such as proteins, carbohydrates.

(GPI-0100, NCI Thesaurus)

The synthetic MART-1:27-35 HLA-A2-restricted peptide has an amino acid substitution, leucine to alanine at position 27, to increase its immunogenicity.

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

A peptide-based cancer vaccine consisting of amino acid residues 26 through 35 of MART-1 (melanoma antigen recognized by T-cells-1) with a leucine substitution at amino acid position 27 to improve immunogenicity.

(MART-1:26-35(27L) Peptide Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

The use of a liposomal carrier confers immunogenicity to the naturally non-immunogenic idiotype.

(Oncovax-ID/IL-2 Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

The advantage of using MoAb 96.5 Fab fragments over whole antibodies is that they have reduced immunogenicity, better penetration of tissues, rapid clearance from the body and that they do not induce precipitation.

(Monoclonal Antibody 96.5 F(ab), NCI Thesaurus)

The advantage of using 8.2 Fab fragments over whole antibodies is that they have reduced immunogenicity, better penetration of tissues, rapid clearance from the body and that they do not induce precipitation.

(Monoclonal Antibody 8.2 F(ab), NCI Thesaurus)

EP-2101 also includes CAP1-6D, a heteroclitic CEA analog, and PADRE, a proprietary universal T-cell epitope that serves to enhance the immunogenicity of the epitopes.

(EP-2101, NCI Thesaurus)

A synthetic peptide cancer vaccine consisting of amino acid residues 209 through 217 of the glycoprotein 100 (gp100) melanoma antigen, with a methionine substitution at position 210 designed to improve immunogenicity.

(gp100:209-217(210M) Peptide Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)