Immunization - Research News and Information

Saturday, January 10, 2009

Tailoring antibody testing and how to use it in the calculated panel reactive antibody era: the Northwestern University experience.

25 Oct 2008 BACKGROUND: Patients with human leukocyte antigen antibodies constitute a significantly disadvantaged population among those awaiting renal transplantation. We speculated that more understanding of the patients' antibody makeup would allow a more ... Read more...

Human memory B lymphocyte subsets fulfill distinct roles in the anti-polysaccharide and anti-protein immune response.

13 Oct 2008 There is controversy on the role of IgM memory and switched memory B lymphocytes in the Ab response to T cell-independent and T cell-dependent Ags. We transplanted SCID/SCID mice with human B lymphocyte subsets and immunized them with ... Read more...

Molecular mimicry in pauci-immune focal necrotizing glomerulonephritis.

3 Oct 2008 Pauci-immune focal necrotizing glomerulonephritis (FNGN) is a severe inflammatory disease associated with autoantibodies to neutrophil cytoplasmic antigens (ANCA). Here we characterize autoantibodies to lysosomal membrane protein-2 (LAMP-2) and ... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Immunization'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Consider delayed immunosuppression into the concept of sepsis. 30 Oct 2008
• Tailoring antibody testing and how to use it in the calculated panel reactive antibody era: the Northwestern University experience. 25 Oct 2008
• Human memory B lymphocyte subsets fulfill distinct roles in the anti-polysaccharide and anti-protein immune response. 13 Oct 2008
• Molecular mimicry in pauci-immune focal necrotizing glomerulonephritis. 3 Oct 2008
• Mapping and characterization of visna/maedi virus cytotoxic T-lymphocyte epitopes. 29 Sep 2008
• Mapping the immune response to the outer domain of a human immunodeficiency virus-1 clade C gp120. 29 Sep 2008
• Acoustic trauma augments the cochlear immune response to antigen. 29 Sep 2008
• Absence of the cellular prion protein exacerbates and prolongs neuroinflammation in experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis. 29 Sep 2008
• Adolescent immunizations: missed opportunities for prevention. 29 Sep 2008
• New book about vaccine safety. 29 Sep 2008
• Biventricular assist devices as a bridge to heart transplantation in small children. 28 Sep 2008
• Prophylactic efficacy of high-molecular-weight antigenic fractions of a recent clinical isolate of Leishmania donovani against visceral leishmaniasis. 16 Sep 2008
• Effectiveness of a community coalition for improving child vaccination rates in New York City. 15 Sep 2008
• 30 years after Alma-Ata: has primary health care worked in countries? 11 Sep 2008
• Uptake of HPV vaccine: demographics, sexual history and values, parenting style, and vaccine attitudes. 30 Aug 2008
• Colocalization of antigen-specific B and T cells within ectopic lymphoid tissue following immunization with exogenous antigen. 30 Aug 2008
• Recurrence of cardiorespiratory events following repeat DTaP-based combined immunization in very low birth weight premature infants. 30 Aug 2008
• Tick-borne encephalitis. 30 Aug 2008
• Immunization uptake in siblings of children with autism. 30 Aug 2008
• Health maintenance for postmenopausal women. 30 Aug 2008

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Technical information about 'Immunization'

Definition: Deliberate stimulation of the host's immune response. ACTIVE IMMUNIZATION involves administration of ANTIGENS or IMMUNOLOGIC ADJUVANTS. PASSIVE IMMUNIZATION involves administration of IMMUNE SERA or LYMPHOCYTES or their extracts (e.g., transfer factor, immune RNA) or transplantation of immunocompetent cell producing tissue (thymus or bone marrow).

Descriptor UI: D007114

Alternative terms: Immunization; Immunizations; Sensitization, Immunologic; Sensitization, Immunological; Immunological Sensitization; Immunological Sensitizations; Sensitizations, Immunological; Immunologic Stimulation; Immunostimulation; Immunological Stimulation; Immunological Stimulations; Stimulation, Immunological; Stimulations, Immunological; Immunologic Sensitization; Stimulation, Immunologic; Variolation; Variolations;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; classification; economics; history; instrumentation; methods; mortality; nursing; psychology; standards; trends; utilization; veterinary; statistics & numerical data; contraindications; ethics; legislation & jurisprudence;

Tree Number: E02.095.520.400; E05.478.550; N02.421.726.758.310; N06.850.780.200.425; N06.850.780.680.310;