Question

Difference between immunogenic and antigenic

Answer 1

immunogenic refers to the property of a substance (e.g- protein) to activate immune response and the antigenic refers to all those proteins which present on the surface of any cell helping in identification of it to the body........simply: immunogenic is a special case of antigenic in which it stimulates the immunity

Answer 2

An immunogen refers to a molecule that is capable of eliciting an immune response by an organism’s immune system, whereas an antigen refers to a molecule that is capable of binding to the product of that immune response. So, an immunogen is necessarily an antigen, but an antigen may not necessarily be an immunogen.