avidity

n.

渴望，贪婪；（抗体与抗原的）亲合力；

1. Philosophers have an avidity to know how we perceive objects.
   哲学家渴望明了人类如何领悟事物之问题。
2. The man began to eat with avidity.
   那人贪婪地吃起来。

A differential-avidity model for T-cell selection
Avidity regulation of integrins: the driving force in leukocyte adhesion
Integrin avidity regulation: are changes in affinity and conformation underemphasized?
Evidence for a differential avidity model of T cell selection in the thymus.
Isolation of high avidity melanoma-reactive CTL from heterogeneous populations using peptide-MHC tetramers
Recruitment of latent pools of high-avidity CD8+T cells to the antitumor immune response
Selective expansion of high- or low-avidity cytotoxic T lymphocytes and efficacy for adoptive immunotherapy.
Apolipoprotein E: high-avidity binding to beta-amyloid and increased frequency of type 4 allele in late-onset familial Alzheimer dis...
CD5 Expression Is Developmentally Regulated By T Cell Receptor (TCR) Signals and TCR Avidity
Superior control of HIV-1 replication by CD8+ T cells is reflected by their avidity, polyfunctionality, and clonal turnover