Medical term:
anergy
anergy
[an´er-je]1. lack of energy; extreme passivity.
2. diminished reactivity to specific antigen(s). adj., adj aner´gic.
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an·er·gy
(an'er-jē),1. In a person, absence of the ability to generate a sensitivity reaction to substances expected to be antigenic (immunogenic, allergenic).
2. Lack of energy.
[G. an- priv. + energeia, energy, from ergon, work]
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anergy
Depression or absence of an immune response to an antigen to which a host was previously sensitive. Anergy is characterised by decreased or absent lymphokine secretion by viable T cells when the T cell receptor is engaged by an antigen; it can be tested by loss of delayed hypersensitivity (e.g., to PPD, Candida antigens or DCNB).Anergy can be induced in mature and differentiated CD4+ T cells by exposure to complexes of antigen and appropriate (self) MHC in absence of certain uncharacterised co-stimulatory signals on the antigen-presenting cells. In patients who have received blood transfusions, anergy may be induced by presentation of antigen by “nonprofessional” antigen-presenting cells.
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anergy
Immunology Depression or absence of an immune response to an antigen to which the host was previously sensitive; it is characterized by ↓/absent lymphokine secretion by viable T cells when the T cell receptor is engaged by an antigen; it can be tested by loss of delayed hypersensitivity–eg, to PPD, Candida antigens, or DCNB. See Clonal anergy, Deletion. Cf Allergy.McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
an·er·gy
(an'ĕr-jē)1. Absence of ability to generate a sensitivity reaction in a subject to substances expected to be antigenic (immunogenic, allergenic) in that individual.
2. Lack of energy.
[G. an- priv. + energeia, energy, from ergon, work]
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anergy
Specific immunological tolerance in which T cells and B cells fail to respond normally by producing an immune response to antigens. The state can be reversed.Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005
anergy
loss or weakening of the immune response to an irritating agent or ANTIGEN. A T-CELL that encounters an antigen and does not respond to it is anergic. Contrasts with ALLERGY where there is an overreaction, rather than lack of reaction, to a substance.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005
an·er·gy
(an'ĕr-jē)1. In a person, absence of the ability to generate a sensitivity reaction to substances expected to be antigenic (immunogenic, allergenic).
2. Lack of energy.
[G. an- priv. + energeia, energy, from ergon, work]
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