Immunology Notes
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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 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
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
