(of antibodies, etc) having an attraction or affinity to cells
Examples of 'cytophilic' in a sentence
cytophilic
The vaccine-induced antibodies were predominantly of cytophilic classes, i.e., able to cooperate with effector cells.
Pierre Druilhe, François Spertini, Daw Soesoe, Giampietro Corradin, Pedro Mejia, SubhashSingh, Regine Audran, Ahmed Bouzidi, Claude Oeuvray, Christian Roussilhon 2005, 'A malaria vaccine that elicits in humans antibodies able to kill Plasmodium falciparum.',PLoS Medicinehttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC1277929?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Field investigations have further documented that a switch from non-cytophilic to cytophilic classes of antimalarial antibodies was associated with protection.
Christian Roussilhon, Philippe Brasseur, Patrice Agnamey, Jean-Louis Pérignon, PierreDruilhe 2010, 'Understanding human-Plasmodium falciparum immune interactions uncovers the immunologicalrole of worms.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2824820?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)