Transfer factor: a subcellular component that transmits information for specific immune responses.
Two transfer factors have been prepared in an animal model system, the guinea pig. They are both small molecules, derived from the leukocytes of immunologically experienced individuals, and capable of transferring information for specific immune responses to naive individuals.
D000818:Animals; D000937:Antigen-Antibody Reactions; D002722:Chlorobenzenes; D000939:Epitopes; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006968:Hypersensitivity, Delayed / Q000276:immunology*; D007112:Immunity, Maternally-Acquired; D007116:Immunization, Passive; D007156:Immunologic Memory; D007962:Leukocytes / Q000276:immunology*; D008954:Models, Biological
D002722:Chlorobenzenes; D000939:Epitopes