Immunostimulants

What are Immunostimulants?

Immunostimulants are substances that stimulate the immune system. Specific immunostimulants such as vaccines stimulate an immune response to specific antigenic types. Non-specific immunostimulants do not have antigenic specificity and are widely used in chronic infections, immunodeficiency, autoimmunity and neoplastic diseases.

Immunostimulation is defined as the unwanted overactivation of the immune system, upon exposure to either pathogens or to xenobiotics. From: Toxicogenomics-Based Cellular Models, 2014.

List of Other immunostimulants

Drug Name	Avg. Rating	Reviews
glatiramer systemic (Pro) Brand name: Copaxone	7.3	152 reviews
trilaciclib systemic (Pro) Brand name: Cosela		No reviews
plerixafor systemic (Pro) Brand name: Mozobil		No reviews
mavorixafor systemic (Pro) Brand name: Xolremdi		No reviews

The immunostimulants. Immunostimulants can be defined as natural or chemical components that promote the activation of specific and/or nonspecific defense mechanisms (Anderson and Jeney, 1992; Ganguly et al., 2010).

Immunostimulants, used for the purpose of preventing respiratory tract infections in patients with COPD or chronic bronchitis, aim to heighten the host immune response against infective insults that may subsequently trigger an exacerbation.

The concept of vaccination was introduced in the late 18th century by Edward Jenner when he used cowpox virus as a vaccine to protect humans against smallpox virus infections. This led to the development of vaccines over the next 2 centuries to provide protection against various bacterial and viral pathogens.