immune modulation

[various processes by which antibodies may regulate immune responses; at a simple level, secreted antibody neutralizes the antigen with which it reacts thus preventing further antigenic stimulation of the antibody producing clone; at a more complex level, anti-idiotype antibodies can be shown to develop against the first antibodies in some cases and perhaps further anti-idiotype antibodies against them; this is the major concept of the immunological network theory. ( CSP )]

UMLS (CSP) C0678889