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idiotypenoun
A characteristic shared by a group of immunoglobulin or T cell receptor molecules, based on the antigen binding specificity of their variable region
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Idiotype
In immunology, an idiotype is a shared characteristic between a group of immunoglobulin or T cell receptor molecules based upon the antigen binding specificity and therefore structure of their variable region. The variable region of antigen receptors of T cells and B cells contains a complementarity determining region with a unique amino acid structure that determines the antigen specificity of the receptor. The structure formed by the CDR is known as the idiotope. Immunoglobulins or TCRs with a shared idiotope are the same idiotype. Antibody idiotype is determined by ⁕Gene rearrangement ⁕Junctional diversity ⁕P-nucleotides ⁕N-nucleotides ⁕Somatic hypermutations The term idiotype is sometimes used to describe the collection of multiple idiotopes, and therefore overall antigen binding capacity, possessed by an antibody. The word idiotype became influential in immunology when Niels Jerne formulated his immune network theory. Jerne was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology in 1984 largely for being the father of immune network theory. He defined idiotype as the set of epitopes on the V region of an antibody molecule, where epitope means an antigenic determinant. He also defined the "paratope" to be that part of an antibody variable region that binds to an antigen. The best developed version of immune network theory is called the symmetrical network theory, in which the distinction between idiotype and paratope plays no role.
Entomology
Idiotype
a specimen named by the author after comparison with the type, but not also a topotype.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of idiotype in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of idiotype in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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