Definition of Alloantigen

1. Noun. (genetics) Any antigen, present in only some individuals of a species, that stimulates the production of antibodies in those that lack it; an isoantigen ¹

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Definition of Alloantigen

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Alloantigen

1. Individuals of a species differ in alleles (are allogeneic) and the antigenic differences will cause an immune response to allografts. The antigens concerned are often of the histocompatibility complex and are referred to as alloantigens. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (22 Feb 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Alloantigen

allitridum
allium
alliumculture
alliums
allmouth
allmouths
allness
allnesses
allnight
allnighter
allnighters
allo-
alloalbuminaemia
alloantibodies
alloantibody
alloantigen (current term)
alloantigens
allobar
allobarbital
allobars
allocability
allocable
allocatable
allocate
allocated
allocatee
allocatees
allocates
allocating
allocation

Literary usage of Alloantigen

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cord Blood: Establishing a National Hematopoietic Stem Cell Bank Program by Emily Ann Meyer, Kristine M. Gebbie, Kathi E. Hanna (2005)
"alloantigen priming induces a state of unresponsiveness in human umbilical cord blood T cells. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA} ..."

2. Animal Euthanasia: Bibliography, January 1990-November 1997 edited by Michael D. Kreger (1999)
"... euthanasia methods have on mitogen induced lymphocyte proliferation (LP) and the induction of alloantigen specific cytolytic T- lymphocytes (CTL). ..."

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