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Receptor Aggregation
Medical Definition: | Chemically stimulated aggregation of cell surface receptors, which potentiates the action of the effector cell. |
Guide Notes: | DF: RECEPT AGGREGATION |
Previously Indexed: | specific receptor (1968-1983) |
Immunologic Capping - The process by which lymphoid cell surface immunoglobulin receptors, when exposed to bivalent anti-Ig antibodies, collect in patches and form a cap at one pole of the cell. The caps may then be endocytosed or shed into the environment in the form of antigen-antibody complexes. Capping has also been induced by lectins and antigens. |
Receptor Aggregation Medical Definitions and Terms
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