Science news articles about 'target antigens'

... and sufficient access to the libraries demands an effective technique for also screening target antigens by the millions," said Lerner. "This work now makes that possible." Traditional antibody ...

... the target of the circulating auto-antibodies has never been identified. To identify the target antigen in patients with this condition, the researchers used circulating antibodies from adults with ...

Researchers have identified the target antigen PLA2R in patients with idiopathic membranous nephropathy (kidney disease), which has implications for the diagnosis and treatment of this disease.

... - to T cells. The bound antigen converts a naïve T cell to a helper T ... allow production of antibodies with stronger affinity for their target antigens." There are pitfalls to this process. Tfh cells ...

... , he says. "But that doesn't explain changes that also occur in the kidneys. It may be that antibodies are targeting antigens within the kidney and causing kidney damage." The same may be true in the ...

... webs of proteins designed to snag specific antigens, much as a lock accepts only certain keys. ... mechanosensor function of the TCR imply that specific target antigens can be expressed at very low levels ...