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What is the foreign material called that stimulates the production of an antibody?
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∙ 11y ago
do you mean antigens? An antigen is any (foreign) substance that stimulates an immune reaction.
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∙ 11y ago
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What is a foreign chemical that stimulates the production of antibodies?
antigens
What is Antigen A?
An antigen is actually foreign or toxic to the human body. It stimulates an adaptive immune response and binds to a antibody.
What is a specific term for a bacterial or other foreign protein that initiates antibody production by the body?
antigen
A protein produced by the body to combat foreign particles?
Antibody
Name of a foreign body induces the formation of antibody?
antigen
What is the relationship between antigen and antibody?
Basically to explain this, an antigen is any type of pathogen that causes disease, while an antibody is something that combats against the antigen.
Define the term of antigen?
An antigen is a substance/molecule that, when introduced into the body, triggers the production of an antibody by the immune system, which will then kill or neutralize the antigen that is recognized as a foreign and potentially harmful invader.
Are anitgens proteins?
Yes. An antigen is a substance that stimulates an animal in order to produce an antibody reaction to counteract the substance by a specific binding antibody-antigen. Most of the times this antigen is a molecule of protein.
How do you put antibody in a sentence?
Antibody is a sort of cells that are produced inside the body by immune system in response to the foreign particle/antigen.
What is meant by unexpected antibody in human blood?
An unexpected antibody in human blood means that a person does not have the antigen required to make a certain antibody because it is foreign to them. Unexpected antibodies are usually alloantibodies.
What is an antibody and antigen?
Antigens are substances that provoke an immune response (they're the ultimate target for the immune system). Antibodies are simply proteins that are secreted as a result of the antigen provoked immune response. In short, antigens cause the disease and antibodies cure it.
Substance that the body regards as foreign?
If it can be harmful, it can be referred to as pathogen.
