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Immune Tolerance

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Definition: The specific failure of a normally responsive individual to make an immune response to a known antigen. It results from previous contact with the antigen by an immunologically immature individual (fetus or neonate) or by an adult exposed to extreme high-dose or low-dose antigen, or by exposure to radiation, antimetabolites, antilymphocytic serum, etc.  do not confuse X ref IMMUNOSUPPRESSION (PHYSIOLOGY) with the Cat E immunol technique IMMUNOSUPPRESSION: Manual 28.21.1   
See Also Graft vs Host Disease; Immunocompromised Host; Immunosuppression
Examples Clonal Anergy; Clonal Deletion; Self Tolerance; Tachyphylaxis; Transplantation Tolerance 		Other names Immunosuppression (Physiology); Tolerance, Immune; Immunosuppressions (Physiology)
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
uterine luminal fluid proteins  0   *Glycoproteins *Serpins Immune Tolerance Uterus.
Pharma Action Immunosuppressive Agents 		Biol Reprod 1981;24(2):423
spleen derived immunosuppressive peptide  0   *Suppressor Factors, Immunologic Immune Tolerance. Cell Immunol 1981;58(1):209; J Chromatogr 1981;206(1):177
normal immunosuppressive protein, human  0   *Alpha-Globulins Immune Tolerance. Eur J Immunol 9(2):176;1979; Immunology 29(3):433;1975; Immunology 34(6):1007;1978

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