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MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Human Leukocyte Antigen, Major Histocompatibility Complex, Artificial Heart Valve

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28 Oct 2022
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Lyceum of the Philippines University
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Health Sciences
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MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY
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A foreign substance that has the ability to bind to an antibody. Immunogenic (aka antigenic): capable of stimulating an immune response. Not all antigens are immunogenic (they are called membrane response) not stimulating ab production contain surface membrane structures that are recognized by the immune system as. : bind paratope of ab: not all membrane surfaces can act as epitopes/antigenic determinants, only prominent determinants are recognized. Influence survival or rejection of transplanted organs (graft vs host disease) Wbcs gvhd (graft vs host disease: autoantigens. Abo blood group result to hemolytic transfusion reaction. Highly stimulating immune response: chemical nature of antigens, proteins: excellent antigens due to high. Systemic polymer: teflon, nylon non immunogenic (not a natural product) Used in making artificial heart valve, elbow replacement cannot be rejected by the body"s immune system. Has a simple structure: physical nature of antigens. Foreigness: the more foreign an antigen is, the more immunogenic it is.

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Detection of prions: Prions can be detected by Western bloting.

Normal prions:

Normal prions are present in our body. They don't have tendency to form rigid aggregate. They are quite less in number. They have following functions

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Molecular basis of prions:There is some difference in structure of Normal and abnormal prions.

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Prions diagnosis and analysis:

  1. Brain biopsy....in past for taking sample brain biopsy was used but now a days tonsils biopsy is used for sampling.

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Transmission of prions: Normally prions can't Cross specie barrier they transmitted through different ways. Like as formite

If a person is effected with prions and he has wound in head and his comb is used by another person so prions can be transferred to other individual. Comb is Carrier of prion.

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