Enhancing antibody

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-013073",
  "term": "Enhancing antibody",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "An antibody that attaches to an already formed antibody-antigen complex, or to an idiotype-anti-idiotype pair, and makes the interaction stronger. It acts on the immune complex rather than on free antigen. The term is also used for antibodies that raise the infectivity of a virus, as in antibody-dependent enhancement of dengue, where antibody-coated virus enters cells carrying Fc receptors at a higher rate.",
  "subject": "Chemistry and Human Health",
  "see_also": [
    "anti-idiotypic antibody"
  ],
  "references": [
    "PAC, 2012, 84, 1113. 'IUPAC glossary of terms used in immunotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2012)' on page 1161 (https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-11-06-03)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/enhancing-antibody/"
}