homocytotropic
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From homo- + cytotropic.
Adjective
[edit]homocytotropic (not comparable)
- (of an antibody) Affecting cells of the species in which it originated.
- 1969, Robert P. Orange, K. Frank Austen, “Slow Reacting Substance of Anaphylaxis”, in Advances in Immunology - Volume 10, page 144:
- The recent observation that a heat labile human immunoglobulin, IgE , could mediate the release of both histamine and SRS-Amonkey from primate lung slices (Ishizaka et al., 1969), prompted a re-examination of the biologic activity of rat heat labile homocytotropic antibody.