monofunctionality

English edit

Etymology edit

mono- +‎ functionality

Noun edit

monofunctionality (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being monofunctional.
    • 2015 December 12, “Identification of Immunodominant Responses to the Plasmodium falciparum Antigens PfUIS3, PfLSA1 and PfLSAP2 in Multiple Strains of Mice”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      Furthermore, we wanted to assess the polyfunctionality of the induced immune response, by assessing the populations of cytokines secreted from antigen-specific T cells: the polyfunctionality, or strictly monofunctionality, of CD8 + T cell responses have been correlated with vectored vaccine efficacy in controlled human malaria infection phase II efficacy trials.