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Immunogen molecule instead lymphocytes recognize discrete sites on the macromolecule called epitopes or antigenic determinants. Immune cells do not interact with or recognize an entire Sulphate (alum) and Bacterial lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Example: Freund’s incompleteĪntigen, Freund’s complete antigen, Mycobacterium Site and promoting their subsequent activities. Local influx of macrophages and/ or other immune cell types to the injection (2) by increasing the effective size of the immunogen or (3) by stimulating the (1) by prolonging retention of the immunogen Substances that enhance the immunogenicity of an antigen. The response an immunogen is often enhanced if it isĪdministered as a mixture with adjuvants. Injected subcutaneously, particularly if it is accompanied by an adjuvant. A quantity of an immunogen that has noĮffect when injected intravenously may evoke a good antibody response when Whether an immunogenwill induce an immune response also depends Immune responsiveness is largely made by genes mappin within the MHC The genetic constitution (genotype) of an immunized animal palysĪn important role in determining whether a givensubstance will stimulate an Immunogenicity, its ability to induce an immune response will depend on theįollowing properties of the biological system that the antigen encounters. L-amino acids, polymers of D-amino acids cannot be processed and thus are poorĮven if a macromolecule has the properties that contribute to Because theĭegradative enzymes within antigen presenting cells can degrade only proteins containing This can be illustrated with polymers of D-amino acids, whichĪre stereoisomers of the naturally occurring L-amino acids. Macromolecules that cannot be degraded and presented with MHC molecules are Must be presented with class I MHC molecule on an altered self cell. To T HĬells, the antigen must be presented with class II MHC molecules on an antigen Presented together with MHC(Major Histocompatibility Complex) molecules. Requies interaction of T cells with antigen that has been processed and The development of both humoral and cell mediated immune responses Tyrosine chains to the weakly immunogenic protein gelatin markedly enhances its immunogenicity. Polysaccharides (examples- Lipoprotein or nucleo – protin). In contrast, lipids and nucleic acids of an infectious agent generallyĭo not serve as immunogens unless they are complexed with proteins or Proteins are the most potent immunogens with polysaccharides Mass less than 1000 Da have proven to be immunogenic. Generally, substances with a molecular mass less thanĥ000-10000 Da are poor immunogens however a few substances with a molecular The best immunogens tend to have molecular mass approachingġ00,000 daltons (Da). There is a correlation between the size of a macromolecule and When injected into other vertebrate species (rat) will induce an immune Same or another rabbit will not induce an immune response but the same protein ForĮxample, albumin isolated from the serum of a rabbit and injected back into the Self, so that only molecules that are foreign to the host are immunogenic. The immune system normally discriminates between self and non Immunogenicity is determined in part, by the following four Contribution of the biological system to immunogenicity Contribution of the immunogen to immunogenicityĢ. The factors that influence immunogenicity can beġ. Rather depends on a number of properties of the particular biological system Immunogenicity is not an intrinsic property of an antigen but Penicillin and m-amino benzene sulphonate. Incapable, by themselves, of inducing a specific immune response. Some small molecules called haptens are antigenic but All immunogens are antigens but all antigens are not immunogens. Antigenicity is the ability of an antigen to combine specifically with theįinal products of the above responses. T cells + antigen → effector T cells (T C, T HĪlthough a substance that induces a specific immune response isĪppropriately called an immunogen. The ability of an antigen to induce a humoral and / or cell mediatedī cells + antigen → effector B cells (Plasma cells) + memory B Two properties are exhibited by antigens they are immunogenicity and antigenicity. Way in which these properties ultimately contribute to immune activation areĬentral to our understanding of the immune system. The molecular properties of antigens and the Substances capable of inducing a specific immune response areĬalled antigens.