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==Overview==
'''Immunostimulators''' are substances (drugs and nutrients) that stimulate the [[immune system]] by inducing activation or increasing activity of any of its components. One notable example include [[granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor]], commercially available under ''Leukine'' name. Some immunostimulating properties were also attributed to [[Echinacea]] plant.

==Classification==
There are two main categories of immunostimulators:

*'''Specific immunostimulators''' are those which provide antigenic specificity in immune response, such as [[vaccine]]s or any [[antigen]].

*'''Non-specific immunostimulators''' are those which act irrespective of antigenic specificity to augment immune response of other antigen or stimulate components of the immune system without antigenic specificity, such as [[Immunologic adjuvant|adjuvants]] and non-specific immunostimulators.

==See also==
*[[Antigen]]
*[[Co-stimulation]]
*[[Immunotherapy]]
*[[Immunogenicity]]
*[[Immunomodulator]]
*[[Macrokine]], stimulator of macrophages
*[[Immunologic adjuvant]]

==External links==
* [http://ees.elsevier.com/vetimm/ Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology journal]
* {{MeshName|Immunostimulants}}

[[Category:Immunology]]
[[Category:Immune system]]
[[Category:Drugs]]

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