Passive Immunotherapy Flashcards
_____ results from transfer of pre-formed immune components from one person to another
Passive Immunotherapy
Passive Immunotherapy is easy to accomplish with ___ but hard to accomplish with ___
antibodies; immune cells
True or False: In passive immunotherapy, the recipient must undergo synthesis/metabolism to acquire protection
False
Three examples of passive immunotherapy?
1) Toxin neutralization (TIG)
2) Prevent disease following exposure to a carrier (Rabies IgG)
3) Suppress or augment immune response
True or False: Immune globulin can be used to treat autoimmune diseases
True
Within immune globulins, there is a _____ fraction which contains all antibody reactivity. Due to this, it is termed the immune globulin.
Gamma globulin
_____ antibody results from immunization or recovery from infection
Polyclonal
aka: polyclonal activation of B cells (plasma cells)
What type of Ig is derived from MULTIPLE B cells and, therefore, represents an antibody against multiple epitopes?
Polyclonal Ig
Sources of polyclonal antibody preps?
Sera, placentae
True or False: Monoclonal antibody preps are usually lypophilized and reconstituted. Therefore, they are quite stable.
False - this is the case with polyclonal antibodies
How can you increase IgG concentrates 25 fold in polyclonal antibody preps?
Ethanol precipitation or concentrated ammonium sulfate
______ is a type of of immune globulin that is taken from more than 1,000 donors
Human Immune Globulin
What Ig is mostly found in Human Immune Globulin?
IgG
True or False: Human Immune Globulin is largely unstable but provides high level of Ab
False - it is stable and has high level of Ab
Three different preparations for Human Immune Globulin?
IMIG
SCIG
IVIG
True or False: A patient with Guillian-Barre, M. gravis, or Kawasaki —inflammatory/autoimmune processes— will benefit from monoclonal antibodies
False - they will benefit from human immune globulin
What are the two primary uses for human immune globulin?
1) Protect from infection
2) Suppressed inflammatory or autoimmune function
A person who is immunocompromised develops measles. What post-exposure prophylactic can be used?
Human Immune Globulin
Patient presents to clinic with hypogammaglobulinemia. What type of immune globulin can be given?
Human Immune Globulin
- note: this can also be used as prophylaxis
In contract to Human Immune Globulin, ______(SHIG) is an antibody preparation in which donors are screened for higher titer of antibody against certain antigen/pathogen
Specific human immune globulin (SHIG)
Both specific human immune globulin and human immune globulin, antibody preparations, are screened.
In the prior, however, they are screened for _____ while the latter are screened for _____
human immune globulin = bloodborne pathogens or antibodies
specific human immune globulin = high titer of Ab against antigen/pathogen
Examples of specific human immune globulin?
1) HBIG
2) HTIG
3) HRIG
4) DIG
5) VariZIG
6) RhoGAM
7) COVID-19 convalescent plasma
For polyclonal antibodies, anti-sera usually comes from _____, such as a horse
heterologous species
True or False: Scorpian, spider, and snake anti-venom are examples of MAB
False - they are a type of polyclonal antibody preparation