a reactant or reagent that enhances the action of a drug
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Adjuvants may be classified into delivery systems and immune potentiator or modulator molecules based on their mechanism of action.
Reinaldo Acevedo, Belkis Romeu, Judith del Campo, Elizabeth Gonzáles, Julio Balboa, Caridad Zayas, Maribel Cuello, Osmir Cabrera, Miriam Lastre, Valerie A. Ferro, OliverPérez 2009, 'Adjuvantes:Un componente esencial de las vacunas de Neisseria', VacciMonitorhttp://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1025-028X2009000200013&lng=es&nrm=iso. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Finally, we study the degree to which synapses can be differentially modified by a known potentiator of presynaptic function, forskolin.
Pablo eAriel, Pablo eAriel, Michael B Hoppa, Timothy A Ryan 2013, 'Intrinsic variability in Pv, RRP size, Ca2+ channel repertoire and presynaptic potentiationin individual synaptic boutons', Frontiers in Synaptic Neurosciencehttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnsyn.2012.00009/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In the main, antigenic and imune potentiator signals are delivered using nano-, micro-particles, alum, or emulsions.
Reinaldo Acevedo, Belkis Romeu, Judith del Campo, Elizabeth Gonzáles, Julio Balboa, Caridad Zayas, Maribel Cuello, Osmir Cabrera, Miriam Lastre, Valerie A. Ferro, OliverPérez 2009, 'Adjuvantes:Un componente esencial de las vacunas de Neisseria', VacciMonitorhttp://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1025-028X2009000200013&lng=es&nrm=iso. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)