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Desensitization, Immunologic

"Desensitization, Immunologic" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

Immunosuppression by the administration of increasing doses of antigen. Though the exact mechanism is not clear, the therapy results in an increase in serum levels of allergen-specific IMMUNOGLOBULIN G, suppression of specific IgE, and an increase in suppressor T-cell activity.


This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Desensitization, Immunologic" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Desensitization, Immunologic" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
Bar chart showing 264 publications over 28 distinct years, with a maximum of 29 publications in 2019
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Funded by the NIH National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences through its Clinical and Translational Science Awards Program, grant number UL1TR002541.