antigenized

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Etymology[edit]

antigen +‎ -ize +‎ -ed

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antigenized (not comparable)

  1. (immunology, of antibodies) Genetically engineered in order to express epitopes of different antigens.
    • 2004, Cristina Musselli, Svetlana Daverio -Zanetti and Maurizio Zanetti, Antigenized antibodies expressing V β 8.2 TCR peptides immunize against rat experimental a llergic encephalomyelitis, Journal of Immune Based Therapies and Vaccines 2004, 2 :9 doi:10.1186/1476-8518-2-9, page 2
      Immunization with antigenized antibodies is an efficient method to focus the immune response against defined epitopes of foreign antigens.

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