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Immunologic Tests Flashcards

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immunologic tests

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  • confirm diagnosis

- often necessary before treatment or referral

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immunologic tests indications

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  • indicators of infection and/or inflammation
  • pathogen detection
  • auto-antibody detection
  • blood and tissue typing
  • immune deficiency testing
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indications for immunologic tests in optometric care

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  • ocular infections (conjunctivitis, viritis)
  • autoimmune disease (uveitis, keratoconjunctivitis sicca, amuarosis fugax (sudden loss of vision))
  • ocular allergies
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available in-office immunologic tests in optometric care

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  • adenoviral conjunctivitis
  • Sjorgren’s syndrome
  • non-specific dry eye
  • environmental allergies
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immunologic tests categories

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  • serology

- diagnostic immunology (immunodiagnostics)

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serology

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  • study of blood serum and other bodily fluids

- clinically: diagnostic identification of antibodies, enzymes, or minerals

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diagnostic immunology (immunodiagnostics)

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  • antigen or antibody detection through the use of Ag:Ab interactions
  • Ag or Ab identified by radiolabel, enzyme, or fluorescent label
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monoclonal antibodies (mAb)

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-Ag-specific Abs lab-grown via hybridoma

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uses of monoclonal antibodies

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  • immunodiagnostics
  • cancer treatment
  • autoimmune disease therapy
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naked mAbs

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independent Abs

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conjugated mAbs

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Abs joined with another molecule

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serologic tests

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  • precipitation tests
  • agglutination tests
  • labeled antibody tests
  • complement fixation tests
  • viral neutralization tests
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complement fixation tests

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  • mix sample serum with test solution
  • then add to solution containing complement
  • if Abs are present in sample serum, those Abs will bind the Ags, preventing Ag from activating complement
  • presence of Abs in serum prevent complement activation
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viral neutralization tests

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  • put patient sample and virus in an egg
  • presence of Abs in serum prevent virus growth
  • viral growth will occur if the patient sample does not have the Abs
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precipitation tests:

tests for _____

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  • Abs
  • viruses
  • bacteria
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precipitation tests:

characteristics

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  • soluble target molecule and known Ag or Ab
  • precipitate (immune complexes) often visible to naked eye
  • requires large amounts of Ag or Ab for positive test
  • low sensitivity
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precipitation tests:

types of tests

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  • gel immunodiffusion

- immunoelectrophoresis

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agglutination tests:

tests for ____

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  • Abs
  • viruses
  • bacteria
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agglutination tests:

characteristics

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  • target may be bound to a carrier protein (increases visibility)
  • cross-linking causes clumping
  • easy to see and interpret
  • fast
  • can be very sensitive
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hemagglutination

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  • clumping of red blood cells after mixing of anti-RBC antibodies
  • blood typing for transfusion
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titration and agglutination

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  • concentration of Abs or Ag in serum
  • titer = reciprocal of greatest dilution with reaction
  • e.g., determining IgG titer after vaccination
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agglutination tests for Treponema pallidum (syphilis pathogen)

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  • fast and cheap but not very specific
  • Venereal Disease Research Laboratory (VDRL) test
  • Rapid Plasma Reagin (RPR)
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Venereal Disease Research Laboratory (VDRL) test

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  • serum Ab detection via flocculation

- can be negative in latent syphilis or after treatment

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Rapid Plasma Reagin (RPR)

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  • same Ag used as VDRL, but bound to carbon particle

- flocculation is visible without a microscope

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labelled assays
- radioimmunoassay (RIA) - enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) - immunofluorescence - western blot - flow cytometry
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radioimmunoassay (RIA)
- competitive immunoassay - detects hormone levels (T3, T4) - also tests for: SLE Abs, HBsAg, drugs in plasma
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enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)
- test for Ag or Ab - with visible color change - fast and sensitive - in vitro disease diagnostics: Abs in sample (HIV, SLE, Grave's, myasthenia gravis); drug in sample (cocaine, opiates, marijuana); hormone in sample (pregnancy, thyroid function, steroids)
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sandwich ELISA
1) monoclonal Ab attached to solid surface 2) sample solution added 3) Ab-enzyme conjugate added 4) substrate added 5) target Ag causes color change 6) can titrate to find concentration in sample
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rheumatoid factor
- auto-Abs that binds Fc region of IgG | - detected via ELISA
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RF+ autoimmune diseases
- 70% of patients with RA are RF+ - SLE - Sjogren's syndrome - only 5% of Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (JRA)
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lateral flow immunoassay
- competitive or sandwich assay - qualitative, not quantitative - simple device used for at-home or in-office testing (home pregnancy tests, drug tests, HIV tests) - sample migrates across a series of capillary beds - sample pad --> conjugate pad --> reaction stripes --> wick
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lateral flow assays for ocular disease
- RPS Adeno Detector (viral conjunctivitis, adenoviral antigen) - RPS Inflammatory (dry eye, matrix metalloproteinase-9)
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immunofluorescence and Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA)
- auto-Abs that bind host DNA, RNA, etc. | - indirect fluorescent antibody (IFA): mix serum sample with cells fixed to slide, add fluorescently labeled Abs
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ANA+ autoimmune diseases
- 80% of patients with eye involvement of JRA - 95% with SLE - 30% of rheumatoid arthritis - 40-70% with Sjogren's syndrome - 60-90% scleroderma
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Western blot
- confirmatory test - labeled antibodies bind to protein sample or labeled Ag bind Ab sample (HIV testing) - very sensitive and very specific - used to confirm ELISA (bovine spongiform encephalopathy, Lyme disease, hepatitis B, HIV)
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automated analysis by flow cytometry
- automatic analysis - fluorescently tagged mAbs - cell surface protein expression - intracellular protein expression - characterizing cell populations
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treponemal test for treponema pallidum
- Fluorescent Treponemal Antibody Absorption Test (FTA-ABS) - expensive, confirmatory test (would use this if someone had a positive RPR) - looking for organism-specific Abs (IgG and IgM) - add sample serum to slide with fixed pathogen - add fluorescently tagged anti-human mAb - look for anti-treponeme Abs on surface of treponemes
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blood tests for inflammation
- C-reactive protein (CRP): acute inflammation | - Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR): acute and chronic inflammation
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C-reactive protein (CRP)
- non-specific (tells you someone has inflammation but not why) - produced by the liver during an acute inflammatory response - associated with complement activation - CRP levels are associated with elevated disease risk (heart attack, stroke, severe macular degeneration, colon cancer, type II diabetes) - detected via various immunodiagnostic assays (ELISA)
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Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)
- non-specific - measure of RBC sedimentation - rate at which RBCs settle out of blood in one hour - treated to prevent coagulation - acute phase reactants (fibrinogen) accelerate RBC sedimentation - results affected by age and sex - good for monitoring disease
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