immunomodulationn.
/ˌɪmjᵿnəʊˌmɒdjᵿˈleɪʃn/, /ˌɪmjᵿnəʊˌmɒdʒᵿˈleɪʃn/, /ɪˌmjuːnəʊˌmɒdjᵿˈleɪʃn/, /ɪˌmjuːnəʊˌmɒdʒᵿˈleɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌɪmjənoʊˌmɑdʒəˈleɪʃ(ə)n/, /ᵻˌmjunoʊˌmɑdʒəˈleɪʃ(ə)n/ Medicine and Biology.
1. Modification of tumour growth by an immune response. Cf. immunostimulation n. 2.
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1974 R. T. Prehn in Amer. Jrnl. Pathol. 77 119 (title) Immunomodulation of tumor growth.
2005 Neuroimmunomodulation 12 206/2 The results of this study support a role for SP in immunomodulation of tumor growth.
2. Modification of the function of the immune system.
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1975 Immunology 29 487 The influence of O4 on the serologically unrelated anti-O6 response was stronger than on the response to the cross-reactive E. coli O18 antigen, suggesting that O antigen cross-reactivity is not the basis for the immunomodulation.
1997 R. Hohlfeld in A. J. Thompson et al. Multiple Sclerosis x. 150/1 Immunomodulation suggests a gentle and sophisticated technique in contrast to a brutal and crude immunosuppression.
2006 Environmental Health Perspectives 114 70/1 These experiments have substantiated relationships observed between OC [= organochlorine] concentrations and immunomodulation in free-ranging wildlife.
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