Biological response modifier

Introduction: Biological response modifier

Description of Biological response modifier

Biological response modifier: a diversity of reagents employed for nonspecific active immunization; used to enhance the immune response; 4 major groups: bacterial products, synthetic molecules, cytokines, and hormones.
Source: CRISP

Biological response modifier: Biological or synthetic agents that are capable of eliciting specific and/or non-specific effects on immune responsiveness, thereby ultimately leading to an improvement in overall health of the patient. These agents can be further subcategorized into those that facilitate a normal immune response, those that stimulate the immune response, those that are capable of inducing noncytotoxic immunosuppression, and those that increase the ability of the host to tolerate damage by the cytotoxic modalities of the treatment.
Source: MeSH 2007

Biological response modifier: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Biological response modifier:

• Biological
• Response
• Modifier
• Immunization
• Immune
• Immune symptoms (465 causes)
• Immune disease
• Immune disorder

Terms associated with Biological response modifier:

Terms Similar to Biological response modifier:

• Biomodulators

Source - MeSH 2007

Related Topics

• Antineoplastic Agents
• Immunosuppressive Agents

Source - MeSH 2007

More specific terms for Biological response modifier:

• Adjuvants, Immunologic
• Interferon Inducers

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Biological response modifier

• Immunologic Factors

Source - MeSH 2007

• antineoplastic
• immunological substance

Source - CRISP

Other terms that may be related to Biological response modifier:

• cytokine
• hematopoietic growth factor
• immunomodulator
• interferon alpha
• interferon beta

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Biological response modifier

The following list attempts to classify Biological response modifier into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

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

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