immunodegradation
English
editEtymology
editFrom immuno- + degradation.
Noun
editimmunodegradation (uncountable)
- (immunology, rare) Degradation of or by the immune system.
- 1975 May 1, Joel F. Habener, “Radioimmunoassay of Human Proparathyroid Hormone: Analysis of Hormone Content in Tissue Extracts and in Plasma”, in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism:
- The inhibition of immunodegradation was most pronounced at low temperature […]
- 1983, Franz Schmid, Cell Therapy: A New Dimension of Medicine, page 168:
- A special group must be mentioned: 4. artificial immunodegradation (immunosuppression)
- 2016 January 22, Guanying Chen, “Nanochemistry and Nanomedicine for Nanoparticle-based Diagnostics and Therapy”, in Chemical Reviews:
- These mechanisms include enzymatic degradation, immunodegradation, sequestration by the reticuloendothelial system (RES) in the bloodstream, acid hydrolysis in the stomach, mucociliary clearance in the lungs, etc.