that cause disease. Antibodies can recognize virtually any size antigen with diverse chemical compositions from molecules. Each antibody recognizes one or...
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white blood cell. All subsequent antibodies derived this way trace back to a unique parent cell. Monoclonal antibodies can have monovalent affinity, binding...
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anti-histone antibodies, antibodies to nuclear pore complexes, anti-centromere antibodies and anti-sp100 antibodies. Each of these antibody subtypes binds to...
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Antiphospholipid syndrome (redirect from Antiphospholipid antibodies)
that detect lupus anticoagulant, anti-apolipoprotein antibodies, and/or anti-cardiolipin antibodies. Antiphospholipid syndrome can be primary or secondary...
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Coombs test (redirect from Coombs antibody)
The direct Coombs test detects antibodies that are stuck to the surface of the red blood cells. Since these antibodies sometimes destroy red blood cells...
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Neutralizing antibodies can inhibit infectivity by binding to the pathogen and blocking the molecules needed for cell entry. This can be due to the antibodies statically...
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Immunoglobulin G (redirect from IgG antibodies)
(IgG) is a type of antibody. Representing approximately 75% of serum antibodies in humans, IgG is the most common type of antibody found in blood circulation...
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Humoral immunity (redirect from Antibody-mediated immunity)
1897, Paul Ehrlich showed that antibodies form against the plant toxins ricin and abrin, and proposed that these antibodies are responsible for immunity...
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Humanized antibodies are antibodies from non-human species whose protein sequences have been modified to increase their similarity to antibody variants...
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Antigen (redirect from Antibody generator)
interaction for specific antibodies. Any such feature constitutes an epitope. Most antigens have the potential to be bound by multiple antibodies, each of which...
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Immunosuppressive drug (section Antibodies)
steroid- and/or polyclonal antibodies-resistant acute rejection episodes. As it acts more specifically than polyclonal antibodies it was also used prophylactically...
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anti-mitochondrial antibody. In SLE, anti-DNA antibodies and anti-cardiolipin antibodies may be present individually or together; the two types of antibodies act independently...
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An antibody elution is a clinical laboratory diagnostic procedure which removes sensitized antibodies from red blood cells, in order to determine the blood...
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Primary and secondary antibodies are two groups of antibodies that are classified based on whether they bind to antigens or proteins directly or target...
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Antithyroid autoantibodies (redirect from Anti-TPO antibodies)
anti-thyroid peroxidase antibodies (anti-TPO antibodies, TPOAb), thyrotropin receptor antibodies (TRAb) and thyroglobulin antibodies (TgAb). TRAb's are subdivided...
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antigens and two antibodies found in human blood. The two antigens are antigen A and antigen B. The two antibodies are antibody A and antibody B. The antigens...
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agglutination reaction. Blocking antibodies have been described as a mechanism for HSV-1 to evade the immune system. Blocking antibodies can be used in a variety...
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Graves' disease (redirect from Thyrotropin receptor antibodies)
which the body produces antibodies that are specific to a self-protein - the receptor for thyroid-stimulating hormone. (Antibodies to thyroglobulin and to...
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unknown. Classical p-ANCA occurs with antibodies directed to MPO. p-ANCA without nuclear extension occurs with antibodies to BPI, cathepsin G, elastase, lactoferrin...
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Antisynthetase syndrome (redirect from Anti-synthetase antibodies)
and anti-Jo-1 are the most commonly found anti-synthetase antibodies. Less common antibodies include anti-EJ, anti-OJ, anti-PL12, and anti-PL7. The diagnosis...
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Antisperm antibodies (ASA) are antibodies produced against sperm antigens. Antisperm antibodies are immunoglobulins of IgG, IgA, and/or IgM, which are...
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Infectious mononucleosis (redirect from Antibodies, heterophile)
90% of diagnosed people have heterophile antibodies by week 3, disappearing in under a year. The antibodies involved in the test do not interact with...
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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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molecular weight of only 12–15 kDa, single-domain antibodies are much smaller than common antibodies (150–160 kDa) which are composed of two heavy protein...
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Antibody testing may refer to: Serological testing, tests that detect specific antibodies in the blood Immunoassay, tests that use antibodies to detect...
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Antiganglioside antibodies that react to self-gangliosides are found in autoimmune neuropathies. These antibodies were first found to react with cerebellar...
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antibodies. Anti-idiotypic antibodies bind to a paratope of another specific antibody. Therefore, it can be used for measuring presence of antibodies...
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Antibody opsonization is a process by which a pathogen is marked for phagocytosis through coating of a target cell with antibodies. Immunoglobulins participate...
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Immunofluorescence (redirect from Fluorescent antibody technique)
specificity of antibodies and antigens. The specific region an antibody recognizes on an antigen is called an epitope. Several antibodies can recognize...
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Monospecific antibodies are antibodies whose specificity to antigens is singular (mono- + specific) in any of several ways: antibodies that all have affinity...
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