Sentences with phrase «mounted on antibodies»
In an attempt to do this, the researchers used a technique known as radioimmunotherapy in which radioisotopes (unstable elements that release radiation) mounted on antibodies (protein molecules akin to infection search - and - destroy missiles) are injected into the body.
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Five - micron sections cut at 50 - μm intervals were mounted on charged glass slides, deparaffinized in xylene, and stained for expression of F4 / 80 as described by Cecchini et al. (43) with an anti-F4 / 80 monoclonal antibody provided by E. Richard Stanley (Albert Einstein College of Medicine), or for expression of CD68 with the commercially available monoclonal antibody PG - M1 according to the manufacturer's instructions (Dako CytoMation, Carpinteria, California, USA).
The results were even more auspicious when the investigators stratified vaccinated subjects by antibody responder status: subjects who successfully mounted an immunological response to the vaccine enjoyed statistically significant benefits as measured with the IGA, the two motor function subscales of the MDS - UPDRS, and the Parkinson's Disease Questionnaire (PDQ - 39) of quality of life (though not on the PD Non-Motor Symptoms Questionnaire (NMS - Quest / PD - NMS)-RRB-, while no benefit was observed in nonresponders on any scale (Table 1).
The body's immune system (t - cells, b cell antibodies) mounts an attack on thyroid tissue, but the thyroid proteins are not the enemy — it's an overactive immune system that is misfiring (due to any number of reasons, usually gut - related) that causes the attack, destroying thyroid tissue.