IMMUNE REACTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does immune reaction mean? 

• IMMUNE REACTION (noun)
  The noun IMMUNE REACTION has 1 sense:

1. a bodily defense reaction that recognizes an invading substance (an antigen: such as a virus or fungus or bacteria or transplanted organ) and produces antibodies specific against that antigen

  Familiarity information: IMMUNE REACTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IMMUNE REACTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A bodily defense reaction that recognizes an invading substance (an antigen: such as a virus or fungus or bacteria or transplanted organ) and produces antibodies specific against that antigen

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

immune reaction; immune response; immunologic response

Hypernyms ("immune reaction" is a kind of...):

reaction; response (a bodily process occurring due to the effect of some antecedent stimulus or agent)

Meronyms (parts of "immune reaction"):

complement (one of a series of enzymes in the blood serum that are part of the immune response)

Domain category:

bacteria; bacterium ((microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants)

fungus (an organism of the kingdom Fungi lacking chlorophyll and feeding on organic matter; ranging from unicellular or multicellular organisms to spore-bearing syncytia)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "immune reaction"):

anamnestic reaction; anamnestic response (renewed rapid production of an antibody on the second (or subsequent) encounter with the same antigen)

humoral immune response (an immune response (chiefly against bacterial invasion) that is mediated by B cells)

cell-mediated immune response (an immune response (chiefly against viral or fungal invasions or transplanted tissue) that involves T cells)

complement fixation (an immune response in which an antigen-antibody combination inactivates a complement (so it is unavailable to participate in a second antigen-antibody combination))

 Context examples 

This allele, which encodes cerebellar degeneration-related antigen 1 protein, is involved in immune reactions and neuronal antigen regulation.

(CDR1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

Inflammatory responses involving IL-17 probably contribute to arthritis, asthma, skin immune reactions, and autoimmune disorders.

(IL17 Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

It may be caused by the abnormal growth of cells, a cyst, hormonal changes, or an immune reaction.

(Mass, NCI Dictionary)

These changes both block the mechanism that maintains tolerance to dietary proteins and promote the immune reaction against them.

(Virus linked to food sensitivity, NIH)

In the majority of patients the immune reaction also extends to the alveolar capillary membrane of the lungs.

(Anti-Glomerular Basement Membrane Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

A type of immune reaction in which a target cell or microbe is coated with antibodies and killed by certain types of white blood cells.

(ADCC, NCI Dictionary)

An immune reaction to aspergillus in patients usually suffering from asthma or cystic fibrosis.

(Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis, NCI Thesaurus)

The process of experimentally manipulating the immune response in order to redirect its specificity and intensity by developing novel molecular, chemical, and cellular procedures to alter the outcome of immune reactions.

(Immune Targeting, NCI Thesaurus)

A hypersensitive immune reaction to a substance that normally is harmless or would not cause an immune response in most people.

(Allergic response, NCI Dictionary)

What happens in MS, there is an immune reaction going on in your brain that is represented as if that your immune system is attacking the brain cells, said Rajiv Khanna, a professor at Queensland’s QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute.

(Multiple Sclerosis Treatment Developed in Australia Shows Promise, VOA)