Medical Term:

Jerne technique

Pronunciation: yerd′nĕ

Definition: a technique for measuring immunocompetence by quantitating the number of splenic antibody-forming cells found in a mouse that has been sensitized to sheep erythrocytes. The number of plaques formed correlates with the number of splenic antibody-forming cells.

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Examples: glitazone, GI cocktail, etc.

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