Idiotypy

Quick meaning: Idiotypy is a noun meaning (immunology) The immune recognition of one ideotype by a system sensitized to other ideotypes in the same group.

Meaning

(immunology) The immune recognition of one ideotype by a system sensitized to other ideotypes in the same group.

More Meanings

1. The study or use of ideotypes within medicine.

Example Sentences

Idiotypy was first recognized serologically by use of antisera prepared in animals of the same species

Today a new dimension in idiotypy is developing, which has the potential of broad applications in biology medicine.

The ontogeny of natural ids and anti-ids is another area in need of more detailed study, but it seems that idiotypy may appear during the formative stages of repertoire selection, even before contact with foreign antigens.

The restriction of idiotypic determinants to antibodies of a single specificity from an individual donor clearly differentiates idiotypy from allotypy, since allotypic determinants are shared by various antibodies of an individual.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include idiotype, isotype, immunotype, immunorecognition, immunotyping, immunosubtype.

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