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Immunological experiments

Techniques for detecting, quantifying and localizing antigens and antibodies — ELISA, Western blotting, immunohistochemistry and flow cytometry. Below are the protocols, FAQs and technical articles in our knowledge base tagged with this topic.

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When an antibody (or antigen) labeled with a radioactive element is precipitated with the corresponding antigen (or antibody), the precipitation line is confirm

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When an animal is infected by a virus, specific neutralizing antibodies are produced in the body and bind specifically to the corresponding virus particles, thu

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The octanoic acid extraction method can be used to isolate and extract Ig from human, rabbit and mouse serum and McAb from hybridoma-induced ascites and culture

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Enzyme immunoelectrophoresis can be applied to the analysis and identification of enzyme proteins.

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Measurement of neutrophil phagocytosis can be used to (1) detect phagocytosis in the body and (2) diagnose diseases associated with phagocyte dysfunction.

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Antigens are usually composed of multiple antigenic determinants, and the antibody produced by a B-lymphocyte receiving an antigen stimulated by one antigenic d

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Radioimmunoassay of insulin can be used for (1) immunolabeling detection techniques using radioisotopes as tracers, and (2) competitive binding of isotope-label

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Estradiol (17β-Estradiol) is an important component of natural estrogen, and the detection of estradiol can be used for (1) the determination of hormone additi

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The tetrazolium salt (MTT) colorimetric assay can be applied to (1) detection of cell survival and growth, (2) large-scale screening of antitumor drugs, (3) cyt

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Immunological control refers to the application of various types of biological or non-biological biological agents to establish, enhance or inhibit the immune f

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Immunohistochemical staining refers to the combination of fluorescent or colorable chemicals on antibodies to detect the presence of target antigens in cells or

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Tumor protein vaccine prophylactic trials are designed to examine whether the vaccine's targets are directed against a wide range of antigens, can cover 90% or

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With the wide application of enzyme-linked immunoassay (ELISA) technology in the field of medicine and biology, new breakthroughs have been made in the study of

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Convection immunoelectrophoresis is essentially an immunodiffusion technique with directional acceleration, the basic principle of which is: two rows of holes a

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A fixed amount of antigen is added to the agarose gel containing a certain amount of the corresponding antibody, under the action of the electric field, causing

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Immune serum meets with its corresponding antigenic cells, blood cells, bacteria and their tissue cells, and a cytolytic reaction can occur with the participati

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The basic theories and techniques of immunology are used to diagnose, prevent and treat diseases, and on this basis, artificial methods are used to input into t

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Many of the Enterobacteriaceae have partially identical antigenic structures. Because of this one bacterium can cross agglutinate with the corresponding antiser

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Killing function is an important aspect of the body's immune function, and there are a variety of target cells with killing function in the immune system, such

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Complement assay is the measurement of total complement hemolytic activity and is used to detect various acute inflammatory conditions.

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Mixed lymphocyte culture (MLC) or mixed lymphocyte reaction (MLR) was previously used for tissue matching prior to organ transplantation to determine the degree

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Sensitized T-lymphocytes react with the corresponding antigen, causing metabolic activation and the release of a variety of biologically active substances. Amon

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When an antigen binds to its corresponding antibody, the resulting antigen-antibody complex is able to absorb the complement from the solution, which is called

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Lymphocyte transformation assays are used in clinical practice to (1) reflect the response function of the overall level of T-cells in the subject, to determine

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The immunofluorescence technique is the labeling of a known antibody or antigen molecule with fluorescein, which can be used for (1) examination of antigen-anti

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Immunofluorescence technique is to label a known antibody or antigen molecule with fluorescein, and when it reacts with its corresponding antigen or antibody, a

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Immunogold labelling technique is a new type of immunolabeling technique applied to antigen-antibody reaction using colloidal gold as tracer. Colloidal gold is

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The organs of immunity include the central and peripheral organs of immunity. In mammals, the central immune organs include the thymus and bone marrow; in birds

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Pregnant women's urine to be tested (containing human chorionic gonadotropin, HCG) is interacted with known anti-HCG antibodies, thus inhibiting the binding of

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Learning the electrophoresis technique of separating proteins in the gel and the immunodiffusion technique of using the specific reaction of antigen and antibod

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Intraperitoneal injection of sodium thioglycolate in mice can stimulate the aggregation of macrophages. Four days later, mice were injected intraperitoneally wi

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The preparation of immune serum is a commonly used immunological laboratory technique. Highly efficient and specific immune serum can be used as a reagent for i

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A single immunodiffusion assay can be used to: measure IgG, IgA and IgM levels in the serum of normal people or patients.

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This experimental method was obtained from the official website of the Fourth Military Medical University

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The hemolytic vacuole formation test is an in vitro method for the detection of individual antibody-forming cells (plasma cells), and is therefore also known as

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The ways to enhance the immune response with antigen-expressing DNA are described. Two methods of nucleic acid immunization are described: (i) injection of sali

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This unit describes two methods of isolating dendritic cells (DCs): isolating DCs from mouse spleen and obtaining large numbers of DCs from mouse bone marrow pr

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Author: J.E. Colligan et al, Translator: Xuitao Cao et al, This experiment is from "Compendium Immunology Laboratory Guide".

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After mixing the sample to be tested with the known antibody for a certain period of time, and then mixing it with the latex particles sensitized by the corresp

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Author: J.E. Collier et al, Translated by Xuedao Cao et al. This experiment is from "Compendium Immunology Laboratory Guide".

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This module introduces the mouse T lymphocyte proliferation assay. Author: J.E. Colligan et al, Translator: Xuitao Cao et al, This experiment is from the "Comp

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Lipid rafts are important in immunology because T-cell receptors and several other important T-cell signaling proteins are present in lipid rafts or are recruit

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To provide a phenotypic assay for human monocytes/macrophages. Author: J.E. Colligan et al, Translator: Xuitao Cao et al. This experiment is from the "Comprehen

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Flow cytometry is used to analyze membrane surface antigens and intracellular antigens expressed by cells, and is capable of specifically distinguishing differe

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A method for the preparation of soluble M H C -I g dimers is described, and a method for the preparation of multimeric M H C -I/peptide complexes is presented.

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Induction of antigen-specific T cells Author: J.E. Colligan et al, Translated by Xuitao Cao et al. This experiment is from "Comprehensive Immunology Laboratory

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Macrophage activation goes through two phases: a sensitization phase and an activation phase. While most protocols for macrophage activation use a one-step appr

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Isolated T cells are categorized into CD4+ and CD8+ T cells using anti-CD8 antibody. Since both types of cells can be recovered, this method is superior to anti

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The assay of T-cell killing function can be applied to (1) immune cell function determination (2) clinical immunodiagnosis.

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Mast cells are derived from undifferentiated mesenchymal cells and are found in tissues such as perivascular submucosa, loose connective tissues, tumor tissues,

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Source: Practical Experimental Techniques in Neurobiology, Fourth Military Medical University Press

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The cyclic precipitation reaction is widely used in forensic medicine for the identification of bloodstains and the determination of food adulteration. Usually

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The diffusion of antigen and antibody in a gel and the precipitation reaction is called immunodiffusion. An antigen and its corresponding antibody are placed in

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Calcium is deposited in bone tissue or pathologically altered tissue, most often in calcified tissue such as tissue necrosis, atherosclerosis and tumors. In the

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There are several ways to increase the sensitivity of IHC. One is to rely on various IHC pre-treatments, such as enzyme digestion and antigen repair at high tem

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Since high electron density tracers can easily diffuse in the interstitial space of cells, and tracers can also enter into cells if cell damage occurs, this met

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Ion cytochemistry can be used to show the distribution of intracellular ion localization. Currently, it is more commonly used to show the distribution of intrac

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Lymphocytes are divided into two main subpopulations, T and B lymphocytes, which have different properties and functions and are used for (1) immunological stud

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There are activating and chemotactic effects on neutrophils in IL-8, and the biological activity of IL-8, i.e., chemotactic activity on neutrophils, can be dete

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Interleukin-1 (IL-1) is a cytokine mainly synthesized and secreted by activated monocyte-macrophage cells, and has various biological functions such as activati

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IL-4 is mainly a cytokine produced by the activation of TH cells.CT.4S cells, an IL-4-dependent cell line, show hyporesponsiveness to IL-2, and their proliferat

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Interleukin-2 (IL-2) is a cell proliferation factor secreted by activated helper T cells, which has the effect of promoting T cell proliferation and maintaining

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In the presence of mouse IL-4 (Mil-4), IL-10 stimulated proliferation of the D36 mouse mast cell line. In contrast, single mIL4 or hIL-10 had only very low prol

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Il-8 is a polypeptide with a molecular weight of 8-10 kD, which has chemotactic effects on neutrophils, T lymphocytes, and alkaliphilic granulocytes, and activa

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The level of concentration of soluble interleukin 2 receptor SIL-2R is closely related to many diseases, such as adult T-lymphoblastic leukemia AIDS, B-cell slo

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MH60.BSF2 is an IL-6-dependent cell line, and the amount of MH60.BSF2 cell proliferation was positively compared with the biological activity of IL-6.

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An indispensable part of the production process of recombinant human α2a/α2b interferon is the quality control of the product, and the bioactivity o

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This unit provides a method for establishing specific T cell clones. Note that the key to the success of this method is the selection and preparation of conditi

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When a new antibody needs to be fragmented, it is often necessary to perform a touch-and-go test. When choosing the reaction time, it is preferable to keep part

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Author: J.E. Colligan et al, Translator: Xuitao Cao et al, This experiment is from "Compendium Immunology Laboratory Guide".

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T-cell hybridomas can be obtained by fusing activated T cells with tumor cells. Heterogeneous hybridomas can be cloned by limited dilution to obtain hybridomas

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This protocol uses an antibody specific for mouse IL- 1 0 in the E LISA method to detect mouse IL- 1 0 , and does not detect human or viral IL-10. IL-10 from ot

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Author: J.E. Colligan et al, Translator: Xuitao Cao et al, This experiment is from "Compendium Immunology Laboratory Guide".

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This is a method for the specific detection of IL-12 heterodimers. Since IL-12 p4 0 monomer cannot be detected, this method is able to detect IL-12 p7 5 heterod

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The ELISA method can be used to detect human IL-15 in culture supernatants and serum samples. This method can also be used for the detection of monkey IL-15, bu

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Newly synthesized IL-18 is a precursor molecule to the signal peptide, which is enzymatically cleaved in order to activate it. In this ELISA method, in order to

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ELISA is highly specific for human or mouse IL-13 and does not recognize other cytokines in the sample. Author: J.E. Colligan et al, Translator: Xuitao Cao et a

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A method is described for the detection and quantification of one of the cytokines in the presence of the other using neutralizing antibodies to murine IL-2 and

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Due to the lack of characteristic surface markers of macrophages or macrophages at different stages of differentiation, macrophages are currently identified bas

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For granular antigens or liposome-encapsulated antigens, macrophages were applied as antigen-presenting cells. Author: J.E. Colligan et al, Translator: Xuitao C

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This protocol reflects the level of nitric oxide secretion by detecting nitrite in the culture supernatants of activated macrophages (walled or non-walled) Auth

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This protocol allows the identification and quantitative analysis of trace amounts of N K T cells. Effective measures should be taken to block non-specific stai

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Mouse macrophage cell lines with tumor cell killing activity, such as A N A -1 and G G 2E E . Mouse primary macrophages can be freshly isolated. Author: J.E. Co

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Introduction of a method for the isolation of mouse macrophages by J.E. Colligan et al, translated by Xuitao Cao et al. This experiment is from the "Compendium

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The following is an example of mitogen-induced antibody production by B cells using American continental protein. This method has been adapted for use with a va

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Author: J.E. Colligan et al, Translator: Xuitao Cao et al, This experiment is from "Compendium Immunology Laboratory Guide".

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This method detects IgG, I g M and IgA in serum or cell culture supernatants (Fig. 8. 1 0 . 1 ). The color of the liquid in the assay wells is directly proporti

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IgG isolation and purification experiments can be used to: prepare enzyme labeled antibodies or fluorescent antibodies.

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Detection of Antibody Production in Vivo by ELISA by J.E. Colligan et al, Translated by Xuitao Cao et al. This experiment is from the "Compendium of Immunology

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Macrophage migration is the primary condition for its immune activity at the site of infection and injury, and macrophage chemotaxis reflects its migration abil

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B cells are activated and proliferate upon activation by specific antigens, anti-Ig antibodies, and/or mitogens.

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NK cells are usually injected intravenously; in vivo clearance can be achieved by intraperitoneal injection of antibodies against NK cells, such as PK136 monocl

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There are many membrane molecules on the surface of B cells, including cell surface differentiation antigen and model immunoglobulin (smlg). At different stages

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Chemiluminescence (CL) refers to the phenomenon of light radiation that accompanies the process of a chemical reaction. Most chemiluminescence is the luminescen

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The body has phagocytosis (phagocytosis) function of the cells called phagocytes, including monocyte macrophages and neutrophils two categories. Phagocytes phag

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Antibody potency assay is used to test the potency of immune serum. Currently there are three main methods used to determine antibody potency: tube agglutinatio

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The identification of monoclonal antibodies is similar to that of polyclonal antibodies, and the methods used are common; however, the identification of some of

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Hybridoma cells are formed by fusing an immune animal B lymphocyte that produces a single antibody with myeloma cells by cell fusion techniques (e.g., PEG-induc

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Macrophages are important natural immune cells in vivo, and in vitro detection of their function does not fully reflect their in vivo behavior, while detection

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Cytokineflow cytometry (CFC) is the collective term for flow cytometry that applies anti-cytokine antibodies to analyze cytokines that are markers of cell activ

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Hoechst 33342 and Rhodamine123 Staining for Hematopoietic Stem Cell Characterization Given that the in vitro in vivo dyes Rhodamine123 (Rh123) and Hoechst 33342

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Flow cytometry DNA content assays provide a rapid and credible method of analyzing DNA ploidy and cell proliferation scores in tumor specimens. Both preserved a

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Simultaneous DNA and RNA analysis by flow cytometry provides information on the DNA content of the cell and the transcriptional status of the cell. This assay d

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Immunoprecipitation is a technique used to enrich or purify specific proteins from complex mixtures, which can then be combined with mass spectrometry to identi

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A detection test that utilizes antigens or antibodies to carry out a corresponding specific immune response, and is one of the main methods used in immediate te

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Techniques often explored alongside immunological experiments.

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