homocytotropic

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English

Etymology

From homo- +‎ cytotropic.

Adjective

homocytotropic (not comparable)

  1. (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.

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