{"term":{"id":"02984","title":"immunosuppression","longtitle":"IUPAC Gold Book - immunosuppression","doi":"10.1351\/goldbook.I02984","code":"I02984","status":"current","definitions":[{"id":1,"text":"Reduction in the functional capacity of the immune response; may be due to:  Inhibition of the normal response of the immune system to an antigen.   Prevention, by chemical or biological means, of the production of an antibody to an antigen by inhibition of the processes of transcription, translation or formation of tertiary structure.  ","links":[{"term":"antibody","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/\/terms\/view\/A00384"},{"term":"antigen","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/\/terms\/view\/A00394"},{"term":"immune response","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/\/terms\/view\/I02977"},{"term":"inhibition","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/\/terms\/view\/I03034"},{"term":"tertiary structure","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/\/terms\/view\/T06282"}],"sources":["PAC, 1993, 65, 2003. 'Glossary for chemists of terms used in toxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 1993)' on page 2058 (https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1351\/pac199365092003)"]}],"altoutputs":{"html":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/I02984\/html","xml":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/I02984\/xml","plain":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/I02984\/plain"},"citation":"Citation: 'immunosuppression' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351\/goldbook.I02984","license":"The IUPAC Gold Book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA 4.0 International (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/) for individual terms.","collection":"If you are interested in licensing the Gold Book for commercial use, please contact the IUPAC Executive Director at executivedirector@iupac.org .","disclaimer":"The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is continuously reviewing and, where needed, updating terms in the Compendium of Chemical Terminology (the IUPAC Gold Book). Users of these terms are encouraged to include the version of a term with its use and to check regularly for updates to term definitions that you are using.","accessed":"2026-07-21T23:48:18+00:00"}}