Adjuvants, Immunologic

Introduction: Adjuvants, Immunologic

Description of Adjuvants, Immunologic

Adjuvants, Immunologic: Substances that augment, stimulate, activate, potentiate, or modulate the immune response at either the cellular or humoral level. The classical agents (Freund's adjuvant, BCG, Corynebacterium parvum, et al.) contain bacterial antigens. Some are endogenous (e.g., histamine, interferon, transfer factor, tuftsin, interleukin-1). Their mode of action is either non-specific, resulting in increased immune responsiveness to a wide variety of antigens, or antigen-specific, i.e., affecting a restricted type of immune response to a narrow group of antigens. The therapeutic efficacy of many biological response modifiers is related to their antigen-specific immunoadjuvanticity.
Source: MeSH 2007

Terms associated with Adjuvants, Immunologic:

Terms Similar to Adjuvants, Immunologic:

• Immunoactivators
• Immunoadjuvants
• Immunopotentiators
• Immunostimulants

Source - MeSH 2007

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• Adjuvants, Pharmaceutic

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Adjuvants, Immunologic

• Biological Response Modifiers

Source - MeSH 2007

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MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Chemical Actions and Uses
  • Pharmacologic Actions
    • Physiological Effects of Drugs
      • Immunologic Factors
        • Biological Response Modifiers
          • Adjuvants, Immunologic

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