idiotypy

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idiotypy (uncountable)

(immunology) The immune recognition of one ideotype by a system sensitized to other ideotypes in the same group.
- 2012, Frank Putnam, The Plasma Proteins V3: Structure, Function, and Genetic Control, →ISBN:
  Idiotypy was first recognized serologically by use of antisera prepared in animals of the same species
- 2014, Argyrios N Theofilopoulos, Constantin A. Bona, The Molecular Pathology of Autoimmune Diseases, →ISBN, page 364:
  The ontogeny of natural ids and anti-ids is another area in need of more detailed study, but it seems that idiotypy may appear during the formative stages of repertoire selection, even before contact with foreign antigens.
- 2014, Alfred Nisonoff, John E. Hopper, Susan B. Spring, The Antibody Molecule, →ISBN, page 444:
  The restriction of idiotypic determinants to antibodies of a single specificity from an individual donor clearly differentiates idiotypy from allotypy, since allotypic determinants are shared by various antibodies of an individual.
The study or use of ideotypes within medicine.
- 1984, Heinz Köhler, Jacques Urbain, Pierre-André Cazenave, Idiotypy in Biology and Medicine, →ISBN, page xix:
  Today a new dimension in idiotypy is developing, which has the potential of broad applications in biology medicine.