Definition that contains immune response
- spleen a large dark-red oval organ on the left side of the body between the stomach and the diaphragm; produces cells involved in immune responses
- lien a large dark-red oval organ on the left side of the body between the stomach and the diaphragm; produces cells involved in immune responses
- complement one of a series of enzymes in the blood serum that are part of the immune response
- ig a class of proteins produced in lymph tissue in vertebrates and that function as antibodies in the immune response
- antigen any substance (as a toxin or enzyme) that stimulates an immune response in the body (especially the production of antibodies)
- immunosuppression lowering the body's normal immune response to invasion by foreign substances; can be deliberate (as in lowering the immune response to prevent rejection of a transplanted organ) or incidental (as a side effect of radiotherapy or chemotherapy for cancer)
- autoimmune of or relating to the immune response of the body against substance normally present in the body
- immunosuppressive a drug that lowers the body's normal immune response
- immunosuppressive of or relating to a substance that lowers the body's normal immune response and induces immunosuppression
- antibody any of a large variety of proteins normally present in the body or produced in response to an antigen which it neutralizes, thus producing an immune response