immune complex formation

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• immune complex disease — any of a variety of local or systemic diseases caused by the formation of circulating antibody antigen immune complexes and their deposition in tissue, due to activation of complement and to recruitment and activation of leukocytes; see also type …   Medical dictionary

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• Monoclonal antibody therapy — Each antibody binds only one specific antigen. Monoclonal antibody therapy is the use of monoclonal antibodies (or mAb) to specifically bind to target cells or proteins. This may then stimulate the patient s immune system to attack those cells.… …   Wikipedia