agglutinating antibody
agglutinin

Serum agglutinating antibodies against E coli are found more commonly and at higher titres in patients with ulcerative colitis.

No name was given to this then for the first time described agglutinin.

There are two forms of cold agglutinin disease: 1-primary and 2-secondary.

There are also reports of eculizumab being used to treat cold agglutinin disease.

Tests revealed no structural heart defects, and after some deliberations the possibility of cold agglutinin disease is raised.

Cold agglutinin disease is treated by avoiding the cold or sometimes with rituximab.

In individuals that have cold agglutinin disease, the lifespan of erythrocytes is shortened.

He conducted research into the agglutinin reactions in typhoid fever, leading to his first scientific publications.

This is the case in both cold agglutinin disease and cold paroxysmal hematuria.

- Wheatgerm agglutinin shows a great affinity for Type A cancers.

The cold agglutinin detected is of anti-i specificity.

Peanut agglutinin may also be referred to as Arachis hypogaea lectin.

Individuals with cold agglutinin disease present with signs and symptoms of hemolytic anemia.

Those with secondary agglutinin disease may also present with an underlying disease, often autoimmune.

Removal of breast cancer cells by soybean agglutinin in experimental model for purging human marrow.

In individuals with cold agglutinin disease, these antibodies are in much higher concentrations (titers over 1000 at 4 C).

Gruber introduced the term agglutinin (from the Latin) for any substance that caused agglutination of cells.

Peanut agglutinin activity is inhibited by lactose and galactose which compete for the binding site.

Rheumatoid factor, cryoglobulins, direct antiglobulin test and cold agglutinin titre results can be positive.

- The peanut agglutinin has also been found to contain a specific lectin to breast cancer cells, particularly the medullary form.

The process by which cells are made to adhere to one another, usually through the actions of an agglutinin, such as an antibody or a lectin.

An immunoblot assay using lentil-lectin (agglutinin from Lens culinaris) is highly sensitive and specific.

Cold agglutinin hemolytic anemia is primarily mediated by IgM.

An agglutinin is a substance that causes particles to coagulate to form a thickened mass [1].

An agglutinin protein, it binds to N-acetyl-D-glucosamine and Sialic acid.

The wheatgerm agglutinin is concentrated in the seed coating, the outer husk that is usually discarded.