Immune tolerance

Introduction: Immune tolerance

Description of Immune tolerance

Immune tolerance: The specific failure of a normally responsive individual to make an immune response to a known antigen. It results from previous contact with the antigen by an immunologically immature individual (fetus or neonate) or by an adult exposed to extreme high-dose or low-dose antigen, or by exposure to radiation, antimetabolites, antilymphocytic serum, etc.
Source: MeSH 2007

Immune tolerance: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Immune tolerance:

• Immune
• Tolerance

Terms associated with Immune tolerance:

Terms Similar to Immune tolerance:

• Immunosuppression (Physiology)

Source - MeSH 2007

Related Topics

• Graft vs Host Disease
• Immunocompromised Host
• Immunosuppression

Source - MeSH 2007

More specific terms for Immune tolerance:

• Tachyphylaxis
• Self Tolerance
• Clonal Anergy
• Clonal Deletion
• Transplantation Tolerance

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Immune tolerance

• Immunity

Source - MeSH 2007

The following terms can be used for Immune tolerance

• immune tolerance /unresponsiveness

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Immune tolerance

The following list attempts to classify Immune tolerance into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Biological Phenomena, Cell Phenomena, and Immunity
  • Immunity
    • Immune Tolerance

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