"ISCOMs" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A formulation for presenting an antigen to induce specific immunologic responses. It consists of an assembly of antigens in multimeric form. The assembly is attached to a matrix with a built-in adjuvant, saponin. ISCOMs induce strong serum antibody responses, and are used as highly immunogenic forms of subunit vaccines.
| Descriptor ID |
D016882
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D20.215.894.860.449
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| Concept/Terms |
ISCOMs- ISCOMs
- Immuno-Stimulating Complexes
- Complexes, Immuno-Stimulating
- Immuno Stimulating Complexes
- Immunostimulating Complexes
- Complexes, Immunostimulating
- ISCOM
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