IMMUNOSUPPRESSION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does immunosuppression mean? 

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

1. lowering the body's normal immune response to invasion by foreign substances; can be deliberate (as in lowering the immune response to prevent rejection of a transplanted organ) or incidental (as a side effect of radiotherapy or chemotherapy for cancer)

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• IMMUNOSUPPRESSION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lowering the body's normal immune response to invasion by foreign substances; can be deliberate (as in lowering the immune response to prevent rejection of a transplanted organ) or incidental (as a side effect of radiotherapy or chemotherapy for cancer)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

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

immunological disorder (a disorder of the immune system)

 Context examples 

STAT-3, a transcription factor upregulated in many cancer cell types, is involved in tumor cell growth and survival and immunosuppression.

(Golotimod, NCI Thesaurus)

Ethanol-induced immunosuppression involves dysregulation of CD4+ T cells.

(Ethanol, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene plays a role in immunosuppression.

(IL10RA Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes interleukin-10 receptor subunit alpha protein, is involved in the regulation of immunosuppression.

(IL10RA wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Risk factors include UV exposure, alcohol consumption, smoking, and immunosuppression.

(Lip Squamous Cell Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Immunosuppression may be deliberately induced with drugs, as in preparation for bone marrow or other organ transplantation, to prevent rejection of the donor tissue.

(Immunosuppression, NCI Dictionary)

Immunosuppression by the administration of increasing doses of antigen.

(Immunologic Desensitization, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

This protein plays a role in the regulation of immunosuppression.

(Interleukin-10 Receptor Subunit Alpha, NCI Thesaurus)

A clonal lymphoproliferative disorder arising as a result of post-transplant immunosuppression therapy.

(Monomorphic Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)

Fifteen patients successfully stopped immunosuppression medications a year after the transplant.

(Stem cell transplant reverses sickle cell disease in adults, NIH)