antigen
Immune system target
An antigen is any substance that triggers an immune response, prompting the body to produce antibodies.
Viruses, bacteria, pollen, and foreign proteins can all act as antigens.
The immune system recognizes antigens as threats and mounts defenses against them.
Vaccines work by introducing harmless antigens that train the body to recognize specific pathogens: The vaccine contains a weakened form of the antigen.
Protective medical injection
- inoculationInjection conferring disease resistance
- vaccinationAdministered immunity booster
- boosterSomething that increases strength
- adjuvantImmunity-boosting additive
attenuated · inactivated · subunit · mRNA vaccine · viral vector · immune response · prophylaxis · herd immunity
Fast diagnostic yielding immediate results
- serologyStudy of blood antibodies
- lateral flowHorizontal liquid transport
- PCRDNA amplification technique
- diagnosticTest to identify problems
blood typing · Rh factor · agglutination · screening · sensitivity · specificity · false positive · biomarker
Immune response trigger
- histamineAllergy-response compound
- mast cellGranule-packed immune sentinel
- hypersensitivityExaggerated response to stimuli
- anaphylaxisSevere systemic allergic reaction
allergic reaction · hives · antihistamine · desensitization · immunotherapy · allergic rhinitis · eczema · scratch test
Viral genetic material's casing
- spike proteinViral membrane projection enabling infection
- coat proteinViral particle's outer layer
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- contaminationIntroduction of impurities
immunization
Protective medical injection
- inoculationInjection conferring disease resistance
- vaccinationAdministered immunity booster
- boosterSomething that increases strength
adjuvant · attenuated · inactivated · subunit · mRNA vaccine · viral vector · immune response · prophylaxis · herd immunity · toxoid
rapid test
Fast diagnostic yielding immediate results
- serologyStudy of blood antibodies
- lateral flowHorizontal liquid transport
- PCRDNA amplification technique
diagnostic · blood typing · Rh factor · agglutination · screening · sensitivity · specificity · false positive · biomarker
allergen
Immune response trigger
- histamineAllergy-response compound
- mast cellGranule-packed immune sentinel
- hypersensitivityExaggerated response to stimuli
anaphylaxis · allergic reaction · hives · antihistamine · desensitization · immunotherapy · allergic rhinitis · eczema · scratch test · sensitization
capsid
Viral genetic material's casing
- spike proteinViral membrane projection enabling infection
- coat proteinViral particle's outer layer
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- BiotechDNA, bioengineering, genetic testing, DNA sequencing, genome
- Lab Valuesglucose, creatinine, hemoglobin, hematocrit, BUN
- Immunostainingprimary antibody, secondary antibody, antibody, DAB, chromogen
- blood typingblood type, blood group, blood groups, blood typing, type B
- biologycells, DNA, cell, biology, bacteriology
- medicinedoctor, doctors, hospital, medicine, surgery
antigenantibody
Protein targeting foreign substances
immunoglobulin · B cell · T cell · lymphocyte · phagocyte
- antigen testDetects foreign protein markers
- antigen testingDetection of pathogenic proteins
- rapid antigen testsFast pathogen-detection screenings
- rapid antigen