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Immunosuppression

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Definition: Deliberate prevention or diminution of the host's immune response. It may be nonspecific as in the administration of immunosuppressive agents (drugs or radiation) or by lymphocyte depletion or may be specific as in desensitization or the simultaneous administration of antigen and immunosuppressive drugs.  note category: "deliberate prevention or diminution of the host's immune response": do not confuse with IMMUNOSUPPRESSION (PHYSIOLOGY) see IMMUNE TOLERANCE (G4); do not use /util except by MeSH definition; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS is available if particu   
See Also Antilymphocyte Serum; Immune Tolerance; Immunocompromised Host
Examples Desensitization, Immunologic; Graft Enhancement, Immunologic; Lymphocyte Depletion; Transplantation Conditioning 		Other names Antirejection Therapy; Immunosuppressions; Antirejection Therapies; Anti-Rejection Therapies; Anti Rejection Therapy; Therapy, Antirejection; Therapy, Anti-Rejection; Anti-Rejection Therapy
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
anti-LFA-1 monoclonal antibody  0   *Antibodies, Monoclonal Graft Rejection Immunosuppression Lymphocyte Function-Associated Antigen-1. Transplant Proc 1998 Aug;30(5):2163
RIB 5-2 monoclonal antibody  0   *Antibodies, Monoclonal Immunosuppression Antigens, CD4. Surgery 1997 Aug;122(2):213-20
OKT4A monoclonal antibody  0   *Antibodies, Monoclonal Immunosuppression Antigens, CD4. Transplant Proc 1993 Feb;25(1 Pt 1):784-5
inolimomab  0   *Antibodies, Monoclonal Immunosuppression Receptors, Interleukin-2. Transplant Proc 1993 Feb;25(1 Pt 1):587-9

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