realized in immune response immunologic adjuvant role 11Feb09:Vaccine Ontology Definition: Adjuvant boosts immune response of a vaccine or antigen in the host. the role 'adjuvant role' inheres in some 'material entity' and is realized by some 'immune response assay'. Adjuvants are pharmacological or immunological agents that modify the effect of other agents (e.g., drugs, vaccines) while having few if any direct effects when given by themselves. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adjuvant GROUP: Role branch Renamed from adjuvent role, to be a more specific useage for immunology, tracker https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=886178&aid=2887909&group_id=177891 The role a material entity plays when it is co-administered with an immunogen in order to enhance the immune response to the immunogen. Vaccine Ontology, Wikipedia, OBI immunologic adjuvant role adjuvant role metadata complete