immune response

noun

1. any of the body's immunologic reactions to an antigen.

immune response

noun

1. the reaction of an organism's body to foreign materials (antigens), including the production of antibodies

immune response

/ ĭ-myo̅o̅n′ /

1. A protective response of the body's immune system to an antigen, especially a microorganism or virus that causes disease. The immune response involves the action of lymphocytes that deactivate antigens either by stimulating the production of antibodies (humoral immune response) or by a direct attack on foreign cells (cell-mediated immune response.) An inability to produce a normal immune response results in immunodeficiency diseases such as AIDS.
2. See also cell-mediated immune response

Word History and Origins

Origin of immune response¹

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

Instead, Pfizer’s and Moderna’s adolescent trials will focus on evaluating participants’ immune response by measuring antibodies, according to Pfizer’s spokeswoman and Moderna’s clinical trial website.

From ProPublica

Finally, there is some evidence that taking ibuprofen or acetaminophen before getting vaccinated can dull the body’s immune response.

From Popular-Science

Research points to a different immune response to viral exposure in children, which may signify that their immune systems are able to neutralize the virus much faster and therefore stop it from replicating.

From MIT Technology Review

The study originally set out to investigate a single dose of vaccine, but was changed to two doses when concurrently conducted early studies showed that two set doses of the vaccine produced a stronger immune response.

From Time

The immune system then registers the protein as a foreign body and begins building an immune response and making antibodies, the same way it would if you were infected with the coronavirus.

From Washington Post

With enough changing of the influenza RNA over time, the vaccine no longer provokes the “right” immune response.

From The Daily Beast

So too with a vaccine that provokes a specific immune response aimed at a specific RNA sequence.

From The Daily Beast

It causes some of my cells to express Ebola proteins to illicit an immune response.

From The Daily Beast

Some of the financial orphans Global Cures identifies are believed to enhance the immune response to tumors.

From The Daily Beast

For people with celiac disease, consuming gluten triggers an immune response in the digestive system.

From The Daily Beast