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immunological adjuvant

CHEBI:CHEBI_50847

Definition

A substance that augments, stimulates, activates, potentiates, or modulates the immune response at either the cellular or humoral level. A classical agent (Freund's adjuvant, BCG, Corynebacterium parvum, et al.) contains bacterial antigens. It could also be endogenous (e.g., histamine, interferon, transfer factor, tuftsin, interleukin-1). Its 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 is related to its antigen-specific immunoadjuvanticity.

Alternative Names

  • Immunoactivator
  • Immunoadjuvant
  • Immunologic adjuvant
  • Immunopotentiator
  • Immunostimulant

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Wikipedia:Immunologic_adjuvant

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