Nonreactive (negative). This means you're not currently infected with hep C. If you think you've been exposed within the last 6 months, you will need to be tested again to make sure because it can take a while for your antibody levels to rise high enough to be detected on a test. ...
Antibody reactive to a hepatitis C virus (HCV)-derived peptide capable of including HLA-A2 restricted cytotoxic T lymphocytes is detect- able in the majority of HCV-infected individuals without HLA-A2 restriction. Microbiol Immunol 2004;48:507-517....
it gives many false-positive reactions. In populations with a low pretest probability of carrying hepatitis C, more than 40% of repeatedly reactive specimens are false positives. The antibody that is detected is nonneutralizing; that is, its presence does not confer immunity. If antibody is de...
A positive or "reactive" result on the HBsAb test means that you're immune to the hepatitis B virus. A negative or "non-reactive" result means that you're not immune to the virus. This article explains what the hepatitis B surface antibody test is for, when it is used, and how the ...
A test will be ordered to detect antibody to hepatitis A. The results of this test will also determine if the patient has been recently exposed to HAV. Blood probably will be tested for the hepatitis B and hepatitis Cviruses, as well as others others. For example, if a patient has had...
Fixed cells were labeled with primary antibodies overnight in antibody-binding buffer (PBS with 0.2% saponin, 0.2% nonfat dry milk, and 1% bovine serum albumin). After washing cells 4 times in PBS, cells were further incubated with fluorescent secondary antibodies for 4 h, rinsed, and mounted...
The patient responded well to the corticosteroids; however, he decided to discontinue treatment prematurely, meaning that the total treatment period was less than 4 weeks. This led to IMH reoccurrence and the need to readminister corticosteroids at a higher dose than before. Ultimately, the patient...
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Autoreactive CD4+ LKM-specific and anticlonotypic T-cell responses in LKM-1 antibody-positive autoimmune hepatitis. Autoreactive CD4+ LKM-specific and anticlonotypic T-cell responses in LKM-1 antibody-positive autoimmune hepatitis. Hepatology. 1996; 24 :1416–1421... HF Lohr,JF Schlaak,AW Lo...
Eventually, the entire T-cell pool would be comprised by antigen-reactive T cells at the expense of naive T cells. In the setting of chronic viral infection, however, memory T cells could be functionally biased as a result of chronic antigenic stimulation; as such, we focused our studies ...