No new information in Greencastle woman's disappearance. No new information in Greencastle woman's disappearanceThere was still no word Tuesday night on the whereabouts of Julie McCutcheon, the Greencastle woman who went missing a week ago while house-sitting for a friend in Gettysburg.
Medical Definition of ANTIGEN. : any substance (as an immunogen or a hapten) foreign to the body that evokes an immune response either alone or after forming a complex with a larger molecule (as a protein) and that is capable of binding with a product (as an antibody or T cell) of the immune response.â anÂ·tiÂ·genÂ·ic \Ëan-ti-Ëje-nik\ adjective.edical Definition of ANTIGEN. : any substance (as an immunogen or a hapten) foreign to the body that evokes an immune response either alone or after forming a complex with a larger molecule (as a protein) and that is capable of binding with a product (as an antibody or T cell) of the immune response.
A foreign antigen is an antigen that is present on nonself/foreign tissue. Examples of foreign antigens are components of microorganisms, foreign proteins and toxins.elf antigens are antigens present on SELF tissue that would normally not provoke an immune response unless in a diseased state. Autoimmune diseases happen when the body attacks its self antigens with antibodies made against it.