immunogenic
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]immunogenic (comparative more immunogenic, superlative most immunogenic)
- (immunology) that produces a reaction from the immune system; antigenic.
Usage notes
[edit]Conditions that can produce a reaction from the immune system are therefore also potentially susceptible to immunotherapy, and the word immunogenic therefore sometimes also carries the latter connotation. Some cases of cancer can be described as immunogenic, but a great challenge of cancer immunotherapy is the way that cancer straddles the line between self and nonself, because the self is generally subject to immune tolerance.