immunogen

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Each mouse received a total of 30 ug of immunogen (free peptide or conjugated peptide) emulsified 1: 1 in CFA (Sigma, USA).

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  1. any substance that produces immunity when introduced into the body.

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  1. any substance or organism that provokes an immune response (produces immunity) when introduced into the body

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  • Each mouse received a total of 30 ug of immunogen (free peptide or conjugated peptide) emulsified 1: 1 in CFA (Sigma, USA). —  PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
  • Potential applications of the company's DNA delivery technology include DNA vaccines for infectious diseases or cancer, in which the expressed protein is an immunogen; cancer immunotherapeutics, in which the expressed protein is an immune system stimulant; and cardiovascular therapies, in which the expressed protein is an angiogenic growth factor. —  News
  • Perhaps the tranformation of the mammals immune state is deemed to be an insubstantial data gathering step, since the goal of the method is not really the transformation per se, but instead the determining of the effectiveness (or lack thereof) of an immunogen according to a specific schedule. —  Patent Law Blog (Patently-O)
  • Interferon-gamma tests have been quite successful in detecting latent TB infection in areas with concurrent vaccination programs, since these tests do not get "confused" by the presence of an immunogen. —  MicrobiologyBytes
  • Our previous studies indicate that the in situ phase of mammary carcinogenesis is characteristically associated with cell-mediated immunity (CMI) against an immunogen shared by most breast carcinomas. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
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