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Hypersensitivity Type I, Type II, Type III, Type IV

May 19, 2022May 13, 2022 by Editors
Hypersensitivity Type I, Type II, Type III, Type IV

Allergy is the response of the immune system to small or harmless substances like dust, pollens, smoke, etc. It’s in fact called hypersensitivity reactions. Hypersensitivity refers to undesirable reactions produced … Read more

Radioimmunoassay (RIA)- Definition, Principle, Procedure, Results, Uses

May 19, 2022March 22, 2022 by Bikash Dwivedi
Radioimmunoassay (RIA) Procedure

What is Radioimmunoassay (RIA)? Radioimmunoassay is one of the sensitive immunoassay techniques which helps in the determination of antigens or antibodies in a sample with the use of radioisotopes. It … Read more

Precipitation (Immunology)- Definition, Principle, Steps, Types, Uses

February 27, 2022February 24, 2022 by Bikash Dwivedi
Precipitation Reaction

What is Precipitation? Precipitation or immunoprecipitation is the non-covalent interaction between soluble (small) antigens and soluble antibodies that bind to form an insoluble precipitate. It can occur both in vivo … Read more

Monoclonal Antibodies- Definition, Types, Production, Applications

February 28, 2022February 22, 2022 by Faith Mokobi Zablon
Production of monoclonal antibodies

What are Monoclonal antibodies? The body naturally produces antibodies, which are elements of the immune system produced by B-lymphocytes, that bind to foreign proteins in the body known as antigens, … Read more

Neutralization- Definition, Principle, Types, Procedure, Results, Uses

February 21, 2022 by Bikash Dwivedi
Neutralization

Neutralization Definition Neutralization means the reduction of the effect of any component. Neutralization is one of the Ag-Ab reactions which aids in reducing the effects of viral antigens or viruses … Read more

MHC Molecules, Antigen Processing and Presentation

February 28, 2022February 21, 2022 by Faith Mokobi Zablon
MHC Class I and II Pathways

Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) molecules characteristics The Major Histocompatibility complex is a genetic locus that encodes the glycoprotein molecules (transplantation antigens) which are responsible for tissue rejection of grafts between … Read more

Complement Fixation Test- Definition, Principle, Procedure, Results

February 19, 2022 by Bikash Dwivedi
Complement Fixation Test

What is Complement Fixation? Complements are some special chemicals or protein components that are a part of our humoral immunity and aid in establishing antigen-antibody complexes, engulfing, degrading, and washing … Read more

ELISA- Definition, Principle, Procedure, Types, Steps, Uses

February 11, 2022February 7, 2022 by Bikash Dwivedi

What is ELISA? Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) is a modern molecular technique for the detection of antigen-antibody interaction with the help of an enzyme. It is one of the sensitive … Read more

Immunofluorescence- Definition, Principle, Types, Uses, Limitations

February 1, 2022 by Bikash Dwivedi
Immunofluorescence

Immunofluorescence is a type of assay performed on biological samples to detect specific antigens in any biological specimen or sample and vice-versa. It was described in 1942 and refined by … Read more

Primary and Secondary Immune Response with 11 differences

February 28, 2022January 27, 2022 by Faith Mokobi Zablon
Immune Response

Immune Response is a mechanism of how the immune system of the host’s body responds to a harmful foreign particle or pathogen (antigen) in the body. It entails recognizing the … Read more

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