immunologic unresponsiveness

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• immune paralysis — immunologic paralysis immunologic unresponsiveness induced by administration of large doses of antigen; now called immunologic tolerance …   Medical dictionary

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• self tolerance — immunologic unresponsiveness to autoantigens (self antigens), acquired during fetal life by a process of “self recognition.” Theories of tolerance induction include deletion of antigen responsive clones of B cells, antigen induced… …   Medical dictionary

• immunosuppression — Prevention or interference with the development of immunologic response; may reflect natural immunologic unresponsiveness (tolerance), may be artificially induced by chemical, biological, or physical agents, or may be caused by disease. * * *… …   Medical dictionary

• tolerance — 1. The ability to endure or be less responsive to a stimulus, especially over a period of continued exposure. 2. The power of resisting the action of a poison or of taking a drug continuously or in large doses without injurious effects. [L.… …   Medical dictionary

• Anergy — A state of immune unresponsiveness. Induced when the T cell s antigen receptor is stimulated, effectively freezing T cell responses pending a second signal from the antigen presenting cell. The delivery of the second signal by the antigen… …   Medical dictionary

• Molecular mimicry — is defined as the theoretical possibility that sequence similarities between foreign and self peptides are sufficient to result in the cross activation of autoreactive T or B cells by pathogen derived peptides. Despite the promiscuity of several… …   Wikipedia

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