- immunoconglutinin
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Antibodies that react with complement components or their breakdown products. Usually directed against C3b or C4, and found in high titre in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
Dictionary of molecular biology. 2004.
immunoconglutinin
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immunoconglutinin — An autoantibody like immunoglobulin (IgM) formed in animals (or man) against their own complement following injection of complement containing complexes or sensitized bacteria. * * * im·mu·no·con·glu·ti·nin kən glüt ən in n an autoantibody formed … Medical dictionary
I-K — immunoconglutinin … Medical dictionary
immune conglutinin — immunoconglutinin … Medical dictionary
I-K — • immunoconglutinin … Dictionary of medical acronyms & abbreviations
conglutination — 1. SYN: adhesion (1). 2. Agglutination of antigen(erythrocyte) antibody complement complex by normal bovine serum (and certain other colloidal materials); the procedure provides a means of detecting the presence of nonagglutinating antibody. * *… … Medical dictionary
conglutinin — Bovine serum protein that, when absorbed by erythrocyte antibody complement complexes, causes them to agglutinate; it is comparatively thermostable and apparently dissociates when diluted with physiologic saline solution. SYN: bovine colloid. * * … Medical dictionary
