See Also: anti-idiotype antibody(medicine)
idiotype antibody(medicine)
anti-idiotype autoantibody(medicine)
anti-P antibody(medicine)
Anti-citrulline antibody(health)
anti-insulin antibody(medicine)
anti-basement membrane antibody(medicine)
Anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibody(health)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Idiotype(health)

anti-idiotype antibody (medicine)


anti-idiotype antibody
<immunology> An antibody directed against the antigen specific part of the sequence of an antibody or T-cell receptor and thus recognise the binding sites of other antibodies.

In principle an anti-idiotype antibody should inhibit a specific immune response and they are important to the regulation of the immune system.