antibody
antibody
Definition
☆ anti·body (an′ti bäd′ē, -tə-)
noun pl. -·bod′·ies
a specialized protein produced by certain lymphocytes, esp. in response to the presence of an antigen, to neutralize, thus creating immunity to, specific antigens; immunoglobulin
antibody
Synonyms
antibody
n.
antibody
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- neutralize: No vaccine yet developed had managed to produce a ' neutralizing antibody ' response in the body.
- neutralize: The prevalence of serum neutralizing antibodies to infectious bovine rhinotracheitis virus in Scotland.
- humanize: Selected humanized antibodies from the literature can be searched by text or sequence.
- humanize: Obviously their selection must be compatible with the maintenance of antigen binding in the final humanized monoclonal antibody.
Preposition: in
- sera: Antibodies in human sera reactive against an internal structural protein of human T-cell lymphoma virus.
Adjective modifier
- antiphospholipid: However, patients with the antiphospholipid antibody are usually given low-dose aspirin to stop their blood from clotting.
- polyclonal: The facilities are available to produce monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies.
- antinuclear: Raised titres of antinuclear antibodies have been seen with other ACE inhibitors.
- anti-phospholipid: It is much more common in those patients with lupus who have a circulating lupus anticoagulant or other anti-phospholipid antibodies.
- maternal: When used in chickens where maternal antibody still exists, the way in which this vaccine is administered is critical.
- recombinant: Studies carried out with conventional and recombinant monoclonal antibodies have provided some but not all of the answers.
Modifies a noun
- titre: Demonstration of a rising antibody titre is the only way to confirm that an active infection is present.
- therapeutics: However, the need for ' fully ' human antibody therapeutics remained.
- titer: But the antibody titer height was lower and antibodies were found in fewer experimental animals.
Noun used with modifier
- monoclonal: In order to secure CAT's human monoclonal antibody drug pipeline into the future, CAT continues to develop its pool of drug targets.
- anticardiolipin: Results: Of the 243 women tested, 41 ( 16.8 % ) had an abnormality of lupus anticoagulant or anticardiolipin antibodies.
- phage: CAT was honored to receive the 1998 UK Prix Galien Research Award for its phage antibody technology.
- anti-dna: The disease is due to the deposition, in the kidney, of anti-DNA antibodies or immune complexes which contain these antibodies.
- antisperm: All seems very real now... Much love Laurie xx __________________ Me 32 DH 35 antisperm antibodies ttc 2 years 1st ICSI - BFP!
- anti-tnf: Conclusions: Our data suggest that randomized controlled trials of anti-TNF antibody in severe AH are warranted.
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