Homocytotropic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Homocytotropic is an adjective meaning (of an antibody) Affecting cells of the species in which it originated.
Meaning
(of an antibody) Affecting cells of the species in which it originated.
Example Sentences
The recent observation that a heat labile human immunoglobulin, IgE , could mediate the release of both histamine and SRS-Aᵐᵒⁿᵏᵉʸ from primate lung slices (Ishizaka et al., 1969), prompted a re-examination of the biologic activity of rat heat labile homocytotropic antibody.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include heterocytotropic, homophilic, heterophilic, heteroclitic, antierythrocyte, hemotropic.
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