National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

Last uploaded: February 21, 2019
Preferred Name

Immunomodulating Agent

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C308

CHEBI_ID

CHEBI:50846

code

C308

DEFINITION

Substances that enhance, restore or alter the host's immune system. Immunomodulating agents can be preventive or therapeutic and can suppress or activate the immune system, either directly or indirectly. For cancer treatment purposes, immunomodulating agents can be used to prevent or inhibit tumorigenesis. Examples of immunomodulators include, but are not limited to, cytokines, monoclonal antibodies and vaccines.

FULL_SYN

Immunomodulatory Agent

Immunotherapeutic Agent

Biological Response Modifier

Immune Regulators

Immune Mediators

Immunopotentiators

BRM

Immune Modulators

Biomodulators

Immunomodulators

label

Immunomodulating Agent

Legacy_Concept_Name

Biological_Response_Modifier

Preferred_Name

Immunomodulating Agent

prefixIRI

C308

prefLabel

Immunomodulating Agent

Semantic_Type

Chemical Viewed Functionally

UMLS_CUI

C0005525

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C1909

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