• Haptens (derived from the Greek haptein, meaning “to fasten”) are small molecules that elicit an immune response only when attached to a large carrier...
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  • hapten. Haptens are low-molecular-weight compounds that may be bound by antibodies, but cannot elicit an immune response. Consequently, the haptens themselves...
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    lysine residues for coupling haptens allows a high hapten:carrier protein ratio, increasing the likelihood of generating hapten-specific antibodies. In addition...
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  • compound lacked hapten characteristics, a hapten feature of a drug metabolite as cause for the DHR was postulated. Importantly, the hapten theory as explanation...
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    [3.2.1] octane-2-carboxamido-hexanoic acid Cocaine haptens that create catalytic anti-bodies require transitional states as affected...
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    Instead, it attaches to certain proteins of the skin, where it acts as a hapten, leading to a type IV hypersensitivity reaction.[self-published source?]...
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  • containing two nitro functional groups attached to a phenyl ring. It is a hapten used in vaccine preparation. Dinitrophenyl does not elicit any immune response...
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    hybridization to mRNA with oligonucleotide and RNA probes (both radio-labeled and hapten-labeled), analysis with light and electron microscopes, whole mount in situ...
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  • Antigenicity is the capacity of a chemical structure (either an antigen or hapten) to bind specifically with a group of certain products that have adaptive...
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    oak, or poison sumac. Urushiol, which is not itself a protein, acts as a hapten and chemically reacts with, binds to, and changes the shape of integral...
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  • [citation needed] There are two models for this: the hapten model and the autoantibody model. The hapten model proposes that certain drugs, especially penicillin...
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    water-soluble analog, Sulfo-SMCC, is commonly used to prepare antibody-hapten conjugates for antibody development. An in-vitro cross-linking method is...
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  • new members were recruited: Christoffer Nilsson to play drums and Annika Haptén, a singer. Later that summer, Staffan Franzén was officially announced as...
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    discriminate among specific epitopes present on the antigen surface. A hapten is a small molecule that can only induce an immune response when attached...
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  • Dextran 1 is a hapten inhibitor that greatly reduces the risk for anaphylactic reactions when administering dextran. Dextran 1 is composed of a small fraction...
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    large molecules found on the surfaces of pathogens, but can also be small haptens (such as penicillin) attached to carrier molecule. Each lineage of B cell...
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  • isotope labeling, and tagging the base with a hapten and detecting chromogenically with an anti-hapten antibody-enzyme conjugate (e.g., via an ELISA format)...
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    This is a known allergen that becomes bound to plasma proteins, creating a hapten-protein complex – a signature mechanism in true IgE drug allergy and true...
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    molecule has been associated with two significant adverse effects: the hapten or immune response. This immune response, also known as agranulocytosis...
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  • diphtheria toxin, currently used as a carrier protein for polysaccharides and haptens to make them immunogenic. There is some dispute about the toxicity of CRM197...
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    from the U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse. NicVAX consists of the hapten 3'-aminomethylnicotine which has been conjugated (attached) to Pseudomonas...
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    Kalish, J. A. Wood & A. LaPorte (1994). "Processing of urushiol (poison ivy) hapten by both endogenous and exogenous pathways for presentation to T cells in...
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  • Guanche language Guidance, navigation, and control, in aeronautics A cocaine hapten analog This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title...
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    NicVAX, which aims to vaccinate against nicotine using a chemically modified hapten version linked to exotoxin A TA-CD, cocaine linked to inactivated cholera...
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    cause the development of HIT antibodies, suggesting heparin may act as a hapten, thus may be targeted by the immune system. In HIT, the immune system forms...
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    cocktail developed by Ventana Medical Systems. The DDISH (Dual-chromagen/Dual-hapten In-situ hybridization) cocktail uses both HER2 and Chromosome 17 hybridization...
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    Weizmann Institute of Science Thesis Kinetic and thermodynamic studies of hapten induced conformational changes in immunoglobulins  (1978) Academic advisors...
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    apoptosis. New methods incorporate the dUTPs modified by fluorophores or haptens, including biotin or bromine, which can be detected directly in the case...
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    different individuals, combine with epithelial-derived proteins, forming haptens which bind with Langerhans cells in the mucosa, which in turn present the...
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    metabolite, penicilloic acid, which reacts with proteins and serves as a hapten to cause an immune reaction. Approximately five percent of patients have...
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