Antigen (2891 bytes)
1: ...that is recognized by [[antibodies]]. Usually, an antigen is a [[protein]] or a [[polysaccharide]], but it ...
4: There are several kinds of antigens:
7: *'''Tolerogen''' - An antigen that invokes a specific immune unresponsiveness d...
10: ...[[histocompatibility molecule]]. Depending on the antigen presented and the histocompatibility molecule use...
12: We can also classify antigens according to where they come from:

Duffy antigen (4551 bytes)
3: ...i-Fya. In [[1951]] the [[antibody]] to a second [[antigen]], Fyb, was discovered in the [[serum]] of a woma...
7: ...- FY*X and FY*Fy), five [[phenotype]]s and five [[antigen]]s (Fy-a, Fy-b, Fy-o). Fya and Fyb differ by in a...
9: The Duffy antigen/[[chemokine]] [[receptor]] [[gene]] (DARC) is com...
11: ...fferences in the racial distribution of the Duffy antigens were discovered in [[1954]] when it was found th...
15: ...ently the Fy protein is also known as DARC (Duffy Antigen Receptor for Chenokines).

Antigen shift (2162 bytes)
1: '''Antigen Shift''', while actually referring to a [[medicin...
5: ...ilation appearances, and live dates. In [[2004]], Antigen Shift's sound began to evolve into a more mature,...
7: ...ced to become an important factor in the sound of Antigen Shift. Nick Thériault is part of a growing number...

Human leukocyte antigen (2348 bytes)
1: ... the [[major histocompatibility complex]] (MHC) [[antigen]] system in [[human]]s. "HLA" is used in conjunc...
3: ...tists think that people with certain types of HLA antigens are more likely to develop it.
5: ...ssified into [[class I MHC]] and [[class II MHC]] antigens). They are then displayed to the cells of the im...
7: ...es generated from pathogens onto HLA molecules on antigen presenting cell's cell surface.

Prostate specific antigen (1822 bytes)
1: '''Prostate specific antigen''' ('''PSA''') is a [[protein]] manufactured excl...

Radioimmunoassay (1087 bytes)
1: ...wn quantities and measuring the amount of labeled antigen displaced.
3: ...dy, displacing the radioactive variant. The bound antigens are separated from the unbound ones in solution ...

HLA-B27 (803 bytes)
1: ...% Chinese, and 0.1-0.5% Japanese have the HLA-B27 antigen. In Northern Scandinavia (Lapland), 24% of people...

Conjugate vaccine (338 bytes)
1: ...[[immune response]]) and binding it to a stronger antigen (one that will almost definitely elicit an immune...

Helper T cell (1701 bytes)
1: ...ex|Class II MHC]] molecules found on professional antigen-presenting cells (APCs).
3: Once bound to an antigen, the T_H cell proliferates and differen...
4: ... *Memory T_H cells are specific to the antigen they first encountered and can be called upon dur...
6: ...and the target cell bound closely together during antigen-specific activation. T_H cells with CD4...

Cytotoxic T cell (1141 bytes)
1: ...antigen receptors that can bind to fragments of [[antigen]]s displayed by the [[major histocompatibility co...
3: Once activated by a MHC-antigen complex, T_C cells release the protein ...
5: ...and the target cell bound closely together during antigen-specific activation. T_C cells with CD8...

Cell-mediated immunity (1287 bytes)
1: ...elease of various [[cytokines]] in response to an antigen. Cellular immunity protects the body by:
3: ...bacteria]], and cancer cells displaying [[tumor]] antigens;

Immunohistochemistry (632 bytes)
1: ...istochemistry''' is the process of detection of [[antigen]]s in tissue using [[antibody|antibodies]]. The a...
3: * [[Carcino-embryonic antigen]] (CEA): used for colon cancer

Polyclonal antibody (753 bytes)
3: ...duce [[IgG]] [[immunoglobulin]]s specific for the antigen. This [[IgG]] is purified from the mammal’s [[ser...

B cell (1830 bytes)
4: ... on its membrane that will bind to one particular antigen; at any one time in the human body millions of B ...
6: ...dy|antibodies]] which effect the destruction of [[antigen]]s by binding to them and making them easier targ...
7: ...s can respond quickly upon second exposure to the antigen for which they are specific.

ATC code J07 (4517 bytes)
7: :J07AC01 Anthrax antigen
9: :J07AD01 Brucella antigen
17: :J07AG01 Hemophilus influenzae B, purified antigen conjugated
21: ...J07AH01 Meningococcus A, purified polysaccharides antigen
22: ...meningococcal monovalent purified polysaccharides antigen

Provenge (672 bytes)
1: ...rs small pieces of the PAP protein to a patient's antigen presenting cells (APCs), specialized immune cells...

Lepromin (2113 bytes)
4: ...pushes the skin up. The lump indicates that the [[antigen]] has been injected at the correct depth. The inj...
6: ...he less [[anxiety]] he or she will feel. When the antigen is injected, there may be a slight [[stinging]] o...
9: ...s leprosy) will also have no skin reaction to the antigen. A positive skin reaction may be seen in patients...

5T4 (934 bytes)
1: ...xpressed in a number of [[carcinoma]]s (oncofetal antigen or oncofetal [[trophoblast]] [[glycoprotein]]). I...
5: ...modifiers (such as [[staphylococcus aureus]] superantigen) accurately to a tumour.

Plasma cell (956 bytes)
1: ...s can respond quickly upon second exposure to the antigen for which they are specific.

T cell (2068 bytes)
4: ...le to destroy target cells which express specific antigens that they recognize.
5: ...kines that turn off the immune response once an [[antigen]] has been eliminated from the body.
9: CD4 and CD8 refer to the characteristic [[antigen]]s on the surface of the different sub-types of T...
15: ...t&doi=10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.0000078 PLOS Primer: Antigen-Specific T Cells: Analyses of the Needles in the ...

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