Definition of Humoral immune response

1. Noun. An immune response (chiefly against bacterial invasion) that is mediated by B cells.


Medical Definition of Humoral immune response

1. Those immune responses mediated by antibody. (06 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Humoral Immune Response

hummocky
hummum
hummums
hummus
hummuses
humogen
humogens
humongoid
humongous
humor
humor aquosus
humor vitreus
humoral
humoral antibodies
humoral doctrine
humoral immune response (current term)
humoral immunities
humoral immunity
humoral pathology
humoral theory
humoralism
humoralisms
humoralist
humoralists
humored
humoresk
humoresks
humoresque
humoresques
humorful

Literary usage of Humoral immune response

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

1. Registry of Toxic Effects of Chemical Substances (RTECS): A Comprehensive Guide by Doris V. Sweet (1994)
"... INCLUDING ALLERGIC 01 Increase in cellular immune response 02 Decrease in cellular immune response 03 Increase in humoral immune response 04 Decrease in ..."

2. Alcohols Effect on Organ Function edited by Dianne M. Welsh (1997)
"Consequently, in the absence of appropriate IFN-y stimulation in alcoholics, a preferential induction of the humoral immune response could occur. ..."

3. The Neuroscience of Mental Health: A Report on Neuroscience Research edited by Stephen H. Koslow (1997)
"The humoral immune response is characterized by the production of molecules called antibodies. Antibodies are produced by cells called B-lymphocytes that ..."

4. Manual of Microbiologic Monitoring of Laboratory Animals edited by Kim Waggie (1994)
"... virus results in a humoral immune response equivalent in antibody levels but different in specificity from infection with live viras (15). ..."

5. Diabetes in America by Ronald Aubert (1996)
"... Bacon G, Kowalski CJ, Loesche WJ: humoral immune response to selected sub- gingival plaque microorganisms in insulin-dependent diabetic children. ..."

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