Immunology

Source: Perchet Thibaut1,2,3, Meunier Sylvain1,2,3, Sophie Novault4, Rachel Golub1,2,3 1 Unit for Lymphopoiesis, Department of Immunology, Pasteur Institute, Paris, France 2 INSERM U1223, Paris, France 3 Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Cellule Pasteur, Paris, France 4 Flow Cytometry Platfrom, Cytometry and Biomarkers UtechS, Center for Translational Science, Pasteur Institute, Paris, France The overall function of the immune system is to defend the body against infectious...

Source: Meunier Sylvain1,2,3, Perchet Thibaut1,2,3, Sophie Novault4, Rachel Golub1,2,3 1 Unit for Lymphopoiesis, Department of Immunology, Pasteur Institute, Paris, France 2 INSERM U1223, Paris, France 3 Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Cellule Pasteur, Paris, France 4 Flow Cytometry Platfrom, Cytometry and Biomarkers UtechS, Center for Translational Science, Pasteur Institute, Paris, France Defence against pathogens depends on surveillance by the immune system. This system is...

Source: Whitney Swanson1,2, Frances V. Sjaastad2,3, and Thomas S. Griffith1,2,3,4 1 Department of Urology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455 2 Center for Immunology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455 3 Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology Graduate Program, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455 4 Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455 Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) is frequently used to measure the presence...

Source: Tonya J. Webb1 1 Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine and the Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland 21201 ELISPOT is a standardized, reproducible assay used to detect cellular immune responses. The assay utilizes an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA)- based method to detect single-cell immune responses which can be visualized by spots, hence the name ELISPOT. ELISPOT was first described in...

Source: Michael S. Lee1 and Tonya J. Webb1 1 Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine and the Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland 21201 Immunohistochemistry (IHC) and immunocytochemistry (ICC) are techniques used to visualize the expression and localization of specific antigens using antibodies. The first published use of IHC was in 1941 when Albert Coons used the technique to visualize the presence of...

Source: Frances V. Sjaastad1,2, Whitney Swanson2,3, and Thomas S. Griffith1,2,3,4 1 Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology Graduate Program, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455 2 Center for Immunology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455 3 Department of Urology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455 4 Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455 Polyclonal antibodies are defined as a collection of antibodies directed against...

Source: Thomas Chaffee1, Thomas S. Griffith2,3,4, and Kathryn L. Schwertfeger1,3,4 1 Department of Lab Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455 2 Department of Urology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455 3 Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455 4 Center for Immunology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455 Pathologic analyses of tissue sections can be used to obtain a better understanding of normal tissue...

Source: Dominique R. Bollino1, Eric A. Legenzov2, Tonya J. Webb1 1 Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine and the Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland 21201 2 Center for Biomedical Engineering and Technology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201 Confocal fluorescence microscopy is an imaging technique that enables increased optical resolution as compared to conventional...

Source: Susannah C. Shissler1, Tonya J. Webb1 1 Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD 21201 Immunoprecipitation (IP, also known as a 'pull-down' assay) is a widely used technique that has applications in a variety of fields. First conceived in 1984, it was refined in 1988 (1, 2). The fundamental goal of IP is purification and isolation of a specific protein using an antibody against that protein. The word "immuno" refers to the use of an antibody while...

Source: Perchet Thibaut1,2,3, Meunier Sylvain1,2,3, Sophie Novault4, Rachel Golub1,2,3 1 Unit for Lymphpoiesis, Department of Immunology, Pasteur Institute, Paris, France 2 INSERM U1223, Paris, France 3 Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Cellule Pasteur, Paris, France 4 Flow Cytometry Platfrom, Cytometry and Biomarkers UtechS, Center for Translational Science, Pasteur Institute, Paris, France The cell cycle is a universal process of life. During the cell cycle, a cell undergoes...

Source: Meunier Sylvain1,2,3, Perchet Thibaut1,2,3, Sophie Novault4, Rachel Golub1,2,3 1 Unit for Lymphopoiesis, Department of Immunology, Pasteur Institute, Paris, France 2 INSERM U1223, Paris, France 3 Université Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité, Cellule Pasteur, Paris, France 4 Flow Cytometry Platfrom, Cytometry and Biomarkers UtechS, Center for Translational Science, Pasteur Institute, Paris, France Adoptive cell transfer is a method for introducing cells into a patient or study organism...

Source: Frances V. Sjaastad1,2, Whitney Swanson2,3, and Thomas S. Griffith1,2,3,4 1 Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology Graduate Program, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455 2 Center for Immunology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455 3 Department of Urology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455 4 Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455 One of the main functions of the cells of the immune system is to remove target cells...