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transfer factor
n.
1. The transfer gene of a conjugative plasmid, especially of the resistance plasmid.
2. A substance free of nucleic acid and antibody, that is obtained from the white blood cells of a person with a delayed-type sensitivity and will transfer the specific sensitivity to the recipient after injection into the skin of a nonsensitive person.

transfer factor (TF),
a leukocyte extract that transfers delayed hypersensitivity from one person to another. Transfer factor has been studied for its possible use in the treatment of chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis and Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome and as a means of transferring antitumor immunity to patients with various types of cancer.

transfer factor (TF)
a factor occurring in sensitized lymphocytes that has the capacity to transfer delayed hypersensitivity to a normal (nonreactive) individual. It confers cell-mediated immunity and therefore has been found to be useful in treating conditions in which there is a disorder of immune response. As an adjunct to antibiotic therapy it is useful in the treatment of such antibiotic-resistant diseases as candidiasis, coccidioidomycosis, and leprosy.

transfer factor,
n a natural protein that is used to treat bacterial and viral diseases postulated to transfer im-munity from one cell to another, thereby boosting immune function.

transfer factor
a factor extractable from sensitized lymphocytes of some species that has the capacity to transfer delayed hypersensitivity to a normal (nonreactive) individual; abbreviated TF. It confers cell-mediated immunity and therefore has been found to be useful in treating conditions in which there is a disorder of immune response. As an adjunct to antibiotic therapy it has been used in the treatment of such antibiotic-resistant diseases as candidiasis and coccidioidomycosis.


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Transfer factor is the theory that immunity information in the human body can be transferred from cell to cell.
Transfer factors help to stimulate NK cells, a vital component of cell-mediated immunity, while herbs can be valuable to support both cell-mediated and humoral immunity.
Editors Arthur, Schmid and Trapa (American Mathematical Association) have aimed this research at graduate students and mathematicians in the field, and include articles about considerations of the trace formula, transfer factors associated with real reductive groups, weighted orbital integral objects and unitarizability of real and p-adic groups.
 
 
 
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