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immunization
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The process of an epitope that is part of or derived from an immunogen coming into contact with adaptive immune cells resulting in these cells acquiring immune effector functions specific for the epitope.
Term info
Label
immunization
definition source
IEDB
editor preferred term
immunization
example of usage
Infection with influenza (the immunogen) leading to B cells producing antibodies (the effector function) against surface regions of the HA protein (the epitope).
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/IAO_0000123
term editor
IEDB
Term relations
Equivalent to:
- biological_process and has participant some (
epitope and
part of some immunogen) or has participant some (
epitope and
derives from some immunogen) and has part some epitope binding by adaptive immune receptor and realizes some immunogen role and has participant some (
B cell or T cell and
has function some adaptive immune effector function)
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