F3. IMMUNOLOGY, SEROLOGY, & BLOOD BANKING Flashcards
- study of immune system
- Study of molecules, cells, tissue, organs, and systems whose function is to recognize and dispose harmful substances or foreign substances
- Study of desirable and undesirable consequences of the immune system
IMMUNOLOGY
- study of antigen-antibody reaction
- Study of non-cellular component of the blood called SERUM
Samples used in serological test:
1. most commonly used
SEROLOGY
- Serum
- CSF
- Urine
- Stool
WHEN TO USE SEROLOGY?
- Unable to culture infectious agent
- Confirmation of etiologic ID of the specimens
- Diagnosis of immunologically-related disorders
- Determine immune status
- Also known as FOREIGN SUBSTANCES
- Stimulate the immune system
- induce or elicit an immune response
- induce or elicit the production of antibodies
ANTIGEN
- Also knowns as IMMUNOGLOBULINS
- One of the major substances produced by the immune system that will block harmful antigen
- Find a specific antigen, bind to it, and then destroy it
Its functions?
ANTIBODIES
- cell toxicity
- neutralization
- opsonization
OVERVIEW OF SEROLOGICAL TEST
reactions we need to see in majority of the serological test
- Agglutination
- Precipitation
- Antigens involved are particulate [very visual test & very visual reaction]
- Clumping of reactants in serological test
Agglutination
- Antigens involved are soluble antigens
- Liquid form or formation of sediments in the mixture
Precipitation
DIFFERENT SEROLOGICAL TESTS
1. VDRL
2. ELISA
3. RPR
- VENEREAL DISEASE RESEARCH LABORATORY TEST
- ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY
- RAPID PLASMA REAGIN
- FLUORESCENT IMMUNOASSAY
- RADIOIMMUNOASSAY
- Only use for screening for [bacterial infection of] syphilis, uses heated serum
- Principle? [a water treatment process where solids form larger clusters, or flocs, to be removed from water]
similar to precipitation
VDRL
principle? flocculation
- Also known as Enzyme immunoassay
- Measures enzymatic reactions
- Uses enzymes as labels
- more prone to contamination
- example of screening test that can be used for HIV
____ as their reagents to create a color reaction
ELISA
enzymatic reactions
three enzyme labels?
- highly stable
- extreme specificity
- cannot be altered by inhibitors
- Only use for screening for syphilis, uses unheated serum
- Principle: flocculation
RAPID PLASMA REAGIN
- Uses fluorescent compounds known as fluorophores or fluorochrome as labels
- there is a positive reaction when there is an emission of light from your specimen
FLUORESCENT IMMUNOASSAY
- Uses radioactive substances as label
- similar to fluorescent immunoassay in positive reactions
RADIOIMMUNOASSAY
ROLE OF THE IMMUNE SYSTEM?
- Defending the body against infections
- Recognizing and responding to foreign antigens
- Defending the body against the development of tumors
- condition of being resistant to infection
- recognition of foreign substances and subsequent production of antibodies to these substances
- Can be classified as either ___ or ____.
IMMUNITY
innate or acquired
innate or natural immunity
acquired or adaptive immunity
- Innate/non-adaptive/non-specific
- Ability of an individual to resist infections by means of normally present body functions
- present at birth
- involves skin, WBCs, protein w/ immunity functions
NATURAL IMMUNITY
- Adaptive or specific – a reaction resulting from invasion of foreign substances
- Results from surviving an infection from a foreign substance
ACQUIRED IMMUNITY
Types of adaptive immunity:
1. body is involved and triggered in producing Abs.
2. body is supplied or has been given Abs.
- Active
- Passive
Natural & Artificial Active
Natural & Artificial Passive
- the source of that is an infection; being exposed then immune
- vaccine; body is involved in producing Abs.
- Natural Active
- Artificial Active
- mother’s breastmilk
- commercially prepared; medical-grade; blood donation
- Natural Passive
- Artificial Passive
- antibodies are produced by host
- longer immune response
Active Natural [infection]
Active Passive [vaccination]
- antibodies are not produced by host
- shorter immune response
- transfer in vivo or colustrum
- infusion of serum or plasma
Passive Natural & Passive Artificial
- Passive natural
- Passive artificial
Characteristics of 2 types of adaptive immunity?
- humoral-mediated immunity
- cell-mediated immunity
- antibody mediated
- b lymphocytes
- antibodies in SERUM
- primary defense against bacterial infection
humoral-mediated immunity
- cell mediated
- t lymphocytes
- direct CELL-TO-CELL CONTACT/ SOLUBLE PRODUCTS secreted by cells
- defense against VIRAL & FUNGAL INFECTIONS, INTRACELLULAR ORGANISMS, TUMOR ANTIGENS, & GRAFT REJECTION
cell-mediated immunity
- the collection, processing, typing and storage of whole blood and other blood products
- Also known as Immunohematology
- Study of immunologic principles applied in blood group specific antigen and antibodies
- mechanism of blood typing & crossmatching
- detection & measurement of antibody titers [concentration of Abs from the vaccine]
- bleeding techniques
- proper labelling
- storing & disposal of blood emphasis on quality assurance
BLOOD BANKING
2 types of blood typing?
- forward/ direct typing
- reverse/ back typing
- detection of ANTIGENS
- specimen? patient’s RBCs
- reagent used? COMMERCIALLY PREPARED ANTI-SERA
Forward or Direct Typing
- detection of ANTIBODIES
- specimen? patient’s SERUM
- reagent? COMMERCIALLY PREPARED RBCs SUSPENSION
- check if the bloodtype of the forward is correct
Reverse or Back Typing