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idiotype antibody (medicine)


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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.