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noun - any substance (as a toxin or enzyme) that stimulates an immune response in the body (especially the production of antibodies)
noun - a substance that stimulates the production of antibodies
ANTIGENS - In immunology, an antigen is a molecule capable of inducing an immune response (to produce an antibody) in the host organism. Sometimes antigens are ...
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| Foreign instigators? |
| They induce immune system responses |
| Immunologist's isolations |
| Immunity providers |
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| Feb 18 2017 Newsday.com |
| Jul 30 2014 USA Today |
| Feb 26 2006 L.A. Times Sunday |
| Apr 2 2005 New York Times |
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| Plural form of antigen. |
| a toxin or other foreign substance which induces an immune response in the body, especially the production of antibodies. |
| A toxin or other foreign substance which induces an immune response in the body, especially the production of antibodies. |
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In immunology, an antigen is a molecule capable of inducing an immune response (to produce an antibody) in the host organism. Sometimes antigens are part of the host itself in an autoimmune disease.Antigens are "targeted" by antibodies. Each antibody is specifically produced by the immune system to match an antigen after cells in the immune system come into contact with it; this allows a precise identification or matching of the antigen and the initiation of a tailored response. The antibody is said to "match" the antigen in the sense that it can bind to it due to an adaptation in a region of the antibody; because of this, many different antibodies are produced, each able to bind a different antigen while sharing the same basic structure. In most cases, an adapted antibody can only react to and bind one specific antigen; in some instances, however, antibodies may cross-react and bind more than one antigen. * Also, an antigen is a molecule that binds to Ag-specific receptors, but cannot |