membrane antigen

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• prostate-specific membrane antigen — (PSMA) a substance often expressed by the most aggressive clones of prostate cancer cells; monoclonal antibody tests for PSMA appear to be more sensitive than those using prostate specific antigen alone in finding circulating prostate cancer… …   Medical dictionary

• epithelial membrane antigen — a protein specific to the epithelial membrane; used as an immunohistochemical marker for epithelium …   Medical dictionary

• Antigen processing — is a biological process that prepares antigens for presentation to special cells of the immune system called T lymphocytes. This process involves two distinct pathways for processing of antigens from an organism s own (self) proteins or… …   Wikipedia

• epithelial membrane antigen — See episialin …   Dictionary of molecular biology

• Antigen-presenting cell — An antigen presenting cell (APC) or accessory cell is a cell that displays foreign antigen complexed with MHC on its surface. T cells may recognize this complex using their T cell receptor (TCR). Types APCs fall into two categories: professional… …   Wikipedia

• membrane — 1. A thin sheet or layer of pliable tissue, serving as a covering or envelope of a part, as the lining of a cavity, as a partition or septum, or to connect two structures. SYN: membrana [TA]. 2. SYN: biomembrane. [L. membrana, a skin or m …   Medical dictionary

• antigen — Any substance that, as a result of coming in contact with appropriate cells, induces a state of sensitivity and/or immune responsiveness after a latent period (days to weeks) and that reacts in a demonstrable way with antibodies and/or immune… …   Medical dictionary

• Duffy antigen system — Duffy blood group, chemokine receptor Identifiers Symbols DARC; CCBP1; CD234; Dfy; FY; GPD External IDs …   Wikipedia

• Prostate specific antigen — (PSA) is a protein produced by the cells of the prostate gland. PSA is present in small quantities in the serum of normal men, and is often elevated in the presence of prostate cancer and in other prostate disorders. A blood test to measure PSA… …   Wikipedia

• Chimeric antigen receptor — Artificial T cell receptors (also known as chimeric T cell receptors, chimeric immunoreceptors, chimeric antigen receptors (CARs)) are engineered receptors, which graft an arbitrary specificity onto an immune effector cell. Typically, these… …   Wikipedia

• Macrophage-1 antigen — (or integrin alphaMbeta2) is a complement receptor ( CR3 ) consisting of CD11b and CD18.[1] It binds to C3b and C4b. Contents 1 Function 2 Synonyms and abbreviations 3 …   Wikipedia