antigenicity
- noun
- /ˌæntɪdʒəˈnɪsɪti/
- Specialized
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antigenicidad
- Researchers are studying the antigenicity of various proteins to improve vaccine effectiveness.
The vaccine was made to treat high risk strains, but because of cross antigenicity, we see that patients who get vaccinated, their warts go away.
- The vaccine was made to treat high risk strains, but because of cross antigenicity, we see that patients who get vaccinated, their warts go away.
Examples
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Recently, the prediction of HA antigenicity using the sequence data alone was performed based on a computational analysis, in which the authors stressed the model's value in predicting next influenza variants.
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To preserve antigenicity, specimens were processed by the low-temperature method.
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It increases tensile strength and reduces antigenicity.
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The vaccine was made to treat high risk strains, but because of cross antigenicity, we see that patients who get vaccinated, their warts go away.
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Our study does not demonstrate whether the highly mutated variants detected in the vaccinated patients changed the antigenicity that might cause antigenic drift.
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Antibodies or cell-mediated immune response to amniotic membrane have not been demonstrated, suggesting low antigenicity.
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These controls showed that the acetone-fixed cultures of infected cells tolerated the protein denaturant without substantial loss of cells or irreversible damage to viral antigenicity.
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Possible mechanisms include a shared antigenicity between the kidney and the labyrinths, osmotic alteration caused by hemodialysis, and the ototoxic effect of diuretics.
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Several AA sites near the receptor binding site, including sites 145, 158, and 193, might be related to a dramatic change in antigenicity, which leads to the spread of epidemics 21.
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The vaccine's antigenicity is crucial for provoking a strong immune response in the body.
Synonyms
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8.9
How well a substance makes the body's immune system react
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How much the immune system reacts to a substance in lab tests
How Antigenic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Antigenicity comes from antigen, which is built from anti- 'against' and -gen 'to produce' and was thought of as an 'antibody maker', plus the ending -icity meaning 'the quality of'. So antigenicity is the 'ability' of a substance to cause the immune system to react.