Test 5 Flashcards
In latex agglutination the latex particle is
carrier of antibody or antigen
What is the ratio of blood: H2O: 2.7% NaCl used for lysis of erythrocytes in procedure of separation of all leukocytes from whole blood?
1:2:1
For evaluation of differential white cell count, the blood smear is stained by
Pappenheim
Which immune cells are professional phagocytes?
neutrophils, monocytes and macrophages
Granules in eosiniphils stained by Pappenheim are
Red
In test for respiratory burst activity in phagocytes tetrazolium salt is
reduced into a coloured formazan
Immune responses of organisms can be detected in two ways - they are?
1) detection of antigen by the help of specific antibody
2) detection of the presence of specific antibodies in the serum - determination whether an animal has been previously exposed to a specific antigen
Define antigens and antibodies:
Antigens are molecules that stimulate immune response
Antibodies are antigen-binding proteins secreted by plasma cells or present in the B-cell membrane
Injection of Ag into body –> production of Ab –> form a complex and Ag is destroyed by help of other immune mechanisms
The three tests that are most applied in agglutination include:
Slide agglutination - direct and indirect or passive (latex agglutination)
Tube agglutination
Haemagglutination
Positive result in slide agglutination is identified by
Visible clumping with clearing of the suspension
Tube agglutination is a direct agglutination and can be readily used to
Determine titer of antibodies
Negative agglutination
Solid ‘‘button’’ sediment with turbid supernatant
Name two types of haemagglutination tests
Direct haemagglutination - detect antibodies against red cell determinants
Passive haemagglutination - against compounds artificially coupled to red cells
The essential differences between agglutination and precipitation are in:
Size, solubility and location of antigen
In agglutination antigens are whole cells, in precipitation antigens are a soluble molecule
Radial immunodiffusion (RID) is
a quantitative method used for quantification