chimeric antigen receptor

English

Noun

chimeric antigen receptor (plural chimeric antigen receptors)

  1. (immunology) A receptor protein engineered to give T cells the (new) ability to attach to a specific target protein.
    Synonyms: CAR, chimeric immunoreceptor, chimeric T cell receptor, artificial T cell receptor

Usage notes

Typically used once to introduce the term and subsequently abbreviated as CAR.

Derived terms

  • CAR therapy
  • CAR T cell
  • chimeric antigen receptor T cell

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