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RID: Mancini Endpoint Method

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Measurement taken to exact endpoint (time that reading becomes stable)

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RID: Fahey Timed Diffusion Method

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Read at a pre-determined time (often 18 hours). Use semi-log paper and plot ring diameter vs concentration

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Flocculation vs Agglutination

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  • Agglutination is clumping of insoluble antigen using soluble antibody.
  • Flocculation is precipitation of soluble components out of solution.
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Complement Fixation Controls

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Antigen Control: hemolysis
Complement Control: hemolysis (100% and 50% titer)
Cell Control: no hemolysis
Patient serum control: hemolysis

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Common Label Enzymes

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  • Horseradish Peroxidase
  • Beta-galactosidase
  • Alkaline phosphatase
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Most common radiographic label

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Iodine 125

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Type I Hypersensitivity

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Ig Mediator: IgE
Cells involved: Mast cells, basophils, eosinophils
Chemical Mediators: Histamine
Examples: Anaphylaxis

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RIST Testing

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RadioImmunoSorbenT Immunoassay
- Competitive binding
- Double antibody technique
- Correlates with eosinophil count

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RAST Testing

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RadioAllergoSorbent Test
- Disks with specific allergens
- Tests for IgE directly

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Type II Hypersensitivity

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Ig Mediator: IgG (sometimes IgM)
Cells involved: RBCs, WBCs, platelets
Chemical Mediators: Complement cascade
Examples: Autoimmune hemolytic anemia, Graves disease

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Type III Hypersensitivity

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Ig Mediator: IgG or IgM
Cells involved: host tissue cells (“innocent bystander” process)
Chemical Mediators: complement, immune complexes
Examples: Rheumatoid arthritis (IgM against own IgG), Glomerulonephritis (ASO-SO complex)

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Type IV Hypersensitivity

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Ig Mediator: None–cell mediated
Cells involved: Cytotoxic T Cells (CD8)
Notes: “Delayed Hypersensitivity”, often result of cross-reactivity
Examples: Graft v. Host Disease, Poison Ivy

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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

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Autoantibodies against basement membranes in the vascular system
Symptoms: poly arthritis, skin rash
Testing: LE Cells, Anti-nuclear antibodies (ANA)

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LE Cell

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Seen on peripheral smear, a cell nucleus that has been phagocytosed by another WBC

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ANA Principle of test

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  • Indirect Fluorescent Immunoassay (double-antibody technique)
  • Only the nucleus reacts with the auto-antibody
  • Combination of observed patterns helps diagnose
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ANA: Homogenous Pattern

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Solid Color
- Anti-nDNA (nucleolar DNA aka all DNA)
- Most associated with SLE

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ANA: Peripheral Pattern

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Outer Circle
- Anti-dsDNA
- SLE and Sjorgren’s

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ANA: Speckled Pattern

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Granular/Lumpy
- Anti-RNP
- SLE, RA, Sjorgren’s

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ANA: Nucleolar Pattern

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Blotchy/Radioactive
- Anti-RNA
- Scleroderma, Sjorgren’s, SLE

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ANA: Centromere Pattern

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Fuzzy bisecting line
- Anti-centromere
- Very specific for CREST, a progressive systemic sclerosis

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Anti-nDNA for SLE

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Crithidia luciliae (must spell)
- Fluorescence stains the nucleus and kinetoplast
- two bright spots = positive test

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Scleroderma

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  • Rare autoimmune disease affecting blood vessels and connective tissues
  • Fibrous degenerations
  • CREST variant is most common
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CREST

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  • Calcinosis - calcium deposits in skin
  • Raynaud’s phenomenon - spasm of blood vessels from cold or stress
  • Esophageal dysfunction - acid reflux and decreased motility
  • Sclerodactyly - thickening and tightening of skin on the fingers and hands
  • Telangiectasias - dilation of capillaries, red marks on the skin
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Sjogren’s

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Autoimmune disorder associated with deficient moisture production in the mouth, eyes, and mucous membranes

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Cold Agglutinins
- Anti-I or Anti-i specificity (capitalization matters) - Produced in adults during primary atypical pneumonia (Mycoplasma pneumonia, which can't be cultured)
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Cold Agglutinin Titers
- Draw patient serum - Clot at 37C, then separate from cells - Serial dilutions of the serum - Add Group O washed cells - Incubate overnight, read at 24 hrs - Titer = last tube with agglutination
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Immunoelectrophoresis: NHS
"Normal Human Serum"
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Immunoelectrophoresis: P
"Patient"
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Tumor Markers: TSA
Tumor-specific Antigens
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Tumor Markers: TAA
Tumor-associated Antigens
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Alpha-fetoprotein
Hepatocelular Carsinoma
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CA 125
Ovarian Cancer
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Human epididymis protein 4
Epithelial Ovarian Cancer
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PSA
Prostate Cancer
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CEA
Colorectal Cancer, Breast Cancer (late stage)
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Beta-hCG (tumor marker)
Oncofetal, teratoma
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CA 19-9
Biliary tract cancers
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CA 15-3
Breast metastasis
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CA 27-29
Breast cancer recurrence
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Her2/neu
Invasive breast cancer
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Thyroglobulin (Tg) (tumor marker)
Thyroid Cancer
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PKU
Buildup: Phenylpyruvate Deficiency: Phenylalanine hydroxylase
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MSUD
Buildup: leucine, isoleucine, and valine Deficiency: carboxylation of branched keto acids
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Homocystinuria
Buildup: homocystine and methionine Deficiency: cystathionine-B synthase
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Hypothyroidism
- failure of thyroid to produce T3 or T4 - test for T4 and TSH
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Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
- Deficiency in enzymes that make steroid hormones - problems making gender-related hormones - Heterozygous (mild) and homozygous (severe) forms
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Hemoglobinopathies
Abnormal hemoglobin production - Sickle Cell Anemia - Thalassemia - HB S/C Disease
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Cystic Fibrosis
Lung congestion and infection - Test for trypsin in blood - Confirm with sweat chloride test
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Fatty acid oxidation disorders
Deficiency of short and long chain enzymes
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Galactosemia
Buildup: Galactose Deficiency: Galactose-1-Phosphate uridyltransferase (GALT)

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