theratype

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noun

A pattern of response to one or more treatments within a disease, often associated with distinct biological mechanisms.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

nountheratype (plural theratypes)

plural theratypes

  1. medicineA pattern of response to one or more treatments within a disease, often associated with distinct biological mechanisms.
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    T2Rs are a novel target for asthma, CRS, and AD treatment independent of the inflammatory profile (type 2 or non–type 2) and could be the perfect example of a smart drug design starting from the endotype and theratype and extending through the drug development program. […] In the future, many new endotypes and theratypes particularly defined by treatment response will be introduced.

    2019 April, Ioana Agache, Cezmi A. Akdis, “Precision medicine and phenotypes, endotypes, genotypes, regiotypes, and theratypes of allergic diseases”, in Journal of Clinical Investigation, volume 129, number 4, →DOI, archived from the original on 04 Jun 2021, page 1499

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