The following points highlight the three main forms of adaptive immune response. The forms are: 1. Humoral Immune Response 2. Cellular Immune Response 3. The Complement System. Form # 1. Humoral Immune Response: It is during the fifth month of intrauterine life that immunoglobulin producing cells appear in the spleen and lymph nodes. Subsequently, both IgM and IgG are synthesised [...]
Antigen (Ag) antibody (Ab) reactions occur when an antigen combines with a corresponding antibody to produce an immune complex. Therefore, an antigen-antibody reaction is thus a bimolecular association which is similar to an enzyme-substrate interaction but the only difference is that antigen-antibody reaction does not lead to an irreversible chemical interaction. The basis for antigen-antibody reactions are the non-covalent interactions [...]
In this article we will discuss about:- 1. Assay Development 2. Assay Evaluation 3. Assay Validation. Assay Development: The main developmental goals of an assay system are its desired accuracy, precision, sensitivity and specificity. Therefore, the foremost consideration in an assay development and optimization should be the intended application of the assay which may further affect the developmental goals. Immunoassays [...]