• Antigen-antibody interaction, or antigen-antibody reaction, is a specific chemical interaction between antibodies produced by B cells of the white blood...
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    circumstances. RATs are based on the principle of antigen-antibody interaction. They detect antigens (generally a protein on the surface of a virus). A...
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    immunology, an antigen (Ag) is a molecule, moiety, foreign particulate matter, or an allergen, such as pollen, that can bind to a specific antibody or T-cell...
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    ELISA (redirect from Antigen testing)
    counterparts remain specifically bound or "immunosorbed" by antigen-antibody interactions to the solid phase, while the nonspecific or unbound components...
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    neutralize antigens such as bacteria and viruses, including those that cause disease. Antibodies can recognize virtually any size antigen with diverse...
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  • circulatory system. These antibodies will encounter antigens and bind with them. This will either interfere with the chemical interaction between host and foreign...
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    is encoded by the MKI67 gene (antigen identified by monoclonal antibody Ki-67). Antigen KI-67 is a nuclear protein that is associated with cellular proliferation...
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  • infusion reactions by eliciting antibody antigen interactions, such as increased formation of immunoglobulin E (IgE) antibodies, which may bind onto mast cells...
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    differentiation to antibody-secreting plasma cells is thought to involve the "low-affinity" receptor FcεRII, or CD23. CD23 may also allow facilitated antigen presentation...
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    selectively to a specific antigen. With a molecular weight of only 12–15 kDa, single-domain antibodies are much smaller than common antibodies (150–160 kDa) which...
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    system produces antibodies to foreign proteins (antigens) but not to human proteins (autoantigens). In some cases, antibodies to human antigens are produced;...
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    by heat or chemical treatment to produce a toxoid. These retain their antigenic specificity and can be used to produce antitoxins and, in the case of...
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    whose membrane-surface antigens have been bound by specific antibodies. It is one of the mechanisms through which antibodies, as part of the humoral...
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    2000). "Structural models for carcinoembryonic antigen and its complex with the single-chain Fv antibody molecule MFE23". FEBS Letters. 475 (1): 11–6....
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    presence and absence of antibodies and inherited antigenic substances on the surface of red blood cells (RBCs). These antigens may be proteins, carbohydrates...
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    cells), which in turn stimulate antibody-producing B-cells to produce antibodies to that specific antigen. Self-antigens are suppressed by regulatory T...
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    specific antibodies in the blood serum as a result of infection or immunization, including vaccination. During infection or immunization, antigens enter...
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    molecular tagging of pathogens which display antigens recognised by their specific paratope. The binding of antibodies enhances pathogen identification and recruitment...
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  • universal antibody-binding protein, as it is known to be reactive against all antibody types tested so far. It is capable of preventing the antigen-antibody interaction...
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    antigens, molecules on their surface that can bind to antibody proteins or T-cell receptors, triggering an immune system response. The tumor antigens...
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    Complementarity-determining region (category Antibodies)
    CDRs are crucial to the diversity of antigen specificities generated by lymphocytes. Antibody-antigen interactions are highly specific and those that have...
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  • bispecific monoclonal antibody (BsMAb, BsAb) is an artificial protein that can simultaneously bind to two different types of antigen or two different epitopes...
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    Rad51B, XPA, ZRANB3, and FBH1. Antibodies against proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) or monoclonal antibody termed Ki-67 can be used for grading...
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  • commercial diagnostics labs, labelled primary antibodies are also used. The antigen-antibody interaction is used in the immunoscreening of several diseases...
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  • epitope, also known as antigenic determinant, is the part of an antigen that is recognized by the immune system, specifically by antibodies, B cells, or T cells...
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    refers to an antibody-mediated immune reaction in which antibodies (IgG or IgM) are directed against cellular or extracellular matrix antigens with the resultant...
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  • clathrin-coat, the interaction is described as a matricity.[citation needed] Avidity is commonly applied to antibody interactions in which multiple antigen-binding...
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    of function and their interaction with partner cells. In general, mature naive T cells are stimulated by professional antigen presenting cells to acquire...
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    immunoglobulins. Antibodies travel through the bloodstream and bind to the foreign antigen causing it to inactivate, which does not allow the antigen to bind to...
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  • their nature. The theory explains the interaction of antibodies and antigens in the blood, and how antibodies are produced. In 1891, Paul Ehrlich joined...
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