Chemicals and Drugs

ISCOMs

A formulation for presenting an antigen to induce specific immunologic responses. It consists of an assembly of antigens in multimeric form. The assembly is attached to a matrix with a built-in adjuvant, saponin. ISCOMs induce strong serum antibody responses, and are used as highly immunogenic forms of subunit vaccines.

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A formulation for presenting an antigen to induce specific immunologic responses. It consists of an assembly of antigens in multimeric form. The assembly is attached to a matrix with a built-in adjuvant, saponin. ISCOMs induce strong serum antibody responses, and are used as highly immunogenic forms of subunit vaccines.

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6 entry terms
  • ISCOM
  • Immuno-Stimulating Complexes
  • Immunostimulating Complexes
  • Complexes, Immuno-Stimulating
  • Complexes, Immunostimulating
  • Immuno Stimulating Complexes

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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, analysis, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemistry, classification, drug effects, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, therapeutic use, toxicity, ultrastructure, urine.

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coord IM with specific type of vaccine (IM or NIM)

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  • Adjuvants, Immunologic (1985-1991)
  • Viral Vaccines (1985-1991)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. ISCOMs. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D016882. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D016882
  2. ISCOMs. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISCOM
  3. ISCOMs. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5973803