Preferred Label : Vaccine Antigen;
NCIt definition : A vaccine component consisting of a protein, small peptide, or polysaccharide, natural
or synthetic, that once administered is bound by antibody, thereby inducing mechanisms
of antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC). In cancer immunotherapy,
a cancer vaccine containing specific tumor-associated antigens (TAAs) may be used
to boost an immune response against a tumor expressing those TAAs. (NCI04);
Origin ID : C2835;
UMLS CUI : C1519887;
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