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monoclonal Definition

mon·o·clonal (-klōnəl)

adjective

of cells derived or cloned from one cell

Etymology: mono- + clonal

monoclonal Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • commercialize: CAT has alliances with a large number of pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to discover, develop and commercialize human monoclonal antibody-based products.
  • develop: AB - A patient with multiple myeloma was treated with several cycles of chemotherapy and developed monoclonal IgA rheumatoid factor.
  • use: Of interest is the Dynabeads assay, an alternative method for providing CD4 cell counts using anti-CD4 monoclonal antibody-coated magnetic beads.

Adjective modifier

  • human: Clinical Outcome of Colorectal Cancer Patients treated with Human monoclonal anti-idiotypic antibody.

Modifies a noun

  • antibody: Look in our clinical trials database for monoclonal antibody trials - type ' antibody ' in the free text search box.
  • gammopathy: These observations induced us to suspect a monoclonal gammopathy.
  • therapeutics: CAT will receive royalty payments on sales of any human monoclonal antibody therapeutics that Enzon and Micromet successfully develop using CAT's intellectual property.
  • anti-d: If clear positive results are not obtained with two monoclonal anti-D reagents it is safer to classify the patient as D negative.
  • reagent: This recommendation applies also to human donations used in the preparation of monoclonal antibody reagents.
  • therapy: New strategies such as monoclonal antibody therapy and molecular targeted small molecule therapy are becoming a reality in the treatment of many diseases.

Noun used with modifier

  • rat: The original rat monoclonal antibodies had been prepared from ascitic fluid, crudely fractionated with ammonium sulfate.
  • mouse: Negative controls utilized a mouse monoclonal antibody raised against a non-mammalian epitope.
  • anti-tnf: HUMIRA TM HUMIRA ( adalimumab ) is a human anti-TNF monoclonal antibody which was isolated and optimized by CAT in collaboration with Abbott Laboratories.
  • rodent: A solution to the immunogenicity of rodent monoclonal antibodies in human therapy would be to derive human antibodies directly from humans.
  • alpha: Successful treatment of active ankylosing spondylitis with the anti-tumor necrosis factor alpha monoclonal antibody infliximab.
  • anti-ige: Long-term asthma control with omalizumab, an anti-IgE monoclonal antibody in patients with severe allergic asthma.