"Antibodies, Blocking" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Antibodies that inhibit the reaction between ANTIGEN and other antibodies or sensitized T-LYMPHOCYTES (e.g., antibodies of the IMMUNOGLOBULIN G class that compete with IGE antibodies for antigen, thereby blocking an allergic response). Blocking antibodies that bind tumors and prevent destruction of tumor cells by CYTOTOXIC T-LYMPHOCYTES have also been called enhancing antibodies. (Rosen et al., Dictionary of Immunology, 1989)
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D019138
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D12.776.124.486.485.114.143 D12.776.124.790.651.114.143 D12.776.377.715.548.114.143
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