what is  hemagglutinin
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Hemagglutinin Hemagglutinin, any of a group of naturally occurring glycoproteins that cause red blood cells (erythrocytes) to agglutinate, or clump together. These substances are found in plants, invertebrates, and certain microorganisms.
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Chap 16 Blood Person with type AB+ blood, which contains no major agglutinins (anti-A, anti-B, or anti-D); in most cases, this person can receive any blood type, provided there are no significant interactions among this blood's antigens and the donor's antibody's or significant interactions some of the minor agglutinogens and agglutinins.
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Cold Agglutinin Disease Various reports state that 7-25% of cases of autoimmune hemolytic anemia are cold agglutinin mediated. Thus, while the incidence of cold and warm autoimmune hemolytic anemia (combined) is approximately 1 in 80,000, the incidence of cold agglutinin disease is approximately 1 in 300,000.
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Hypergammaglobulinemia Hypergammaglobulinemia is a condition that is characterized by the increased levels of a certain immunoglobulin in the blood serum. The name of the disorder refers to an excess of proteins after serum protein electrophoresis (found in the gammaglobulin region). Most hypergammaglobulinemias are caused by an excess of immunoglobulin M (IgM), because this is the default immunoglobulin type prior to class switching.
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- What is hemoglobin? Hemoglobin is the protein molecule in red blood cells that carries oxygen from the lungs to the body's tissues and returns carbon dioxide from the tissues back to the lungs. Hemoglobin is made up of four protein molecules (globulin chains) that are connected together.
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Prothrombin Prothrombin: Prothrombin, glycoprotein (carbohydrate-protein compound) occurring in blood plasma and an essential component of the blood-clotting mechanism. Prothrombin is transformed into thrombin by a clotting factor known as factor X or prothrombinase; thrombin then acts to transform fibrinogen, also present in plasma, into fibrin, which, in combination with platelets from the blood, forms a clot (a process called coagulation).
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What is Rhogam? What is hemolytic disease of the newborn (HDN) It is a relatively common condition in which a mother produces antibodies that cross the placenta and destroy the baby’s red blood cells. The baby becomes profoundly anemic, develops severe jaundice and heart failure. The mortality rate used to be approximately 50%.
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- Beta-globin is a component (subunit) of a larger protein called hemoglobin, which is located inside red blood cells. In adults, hemoglobin normally consists of four protein subunits: two subunits of beta-globin and two subunits of another protein called alpha-globin, which is produced from another gene called HBA.ore than 10 mutations in the HBB gene have been found to cause methemoglobinemia, beta-globin type, which is a condition that alters the hemoglobin within red blood cells. These mutations often affect the region of the protein that binds to heme.
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Fibrinogen Fibrinogen is a soluble protein that is produced in the liver and released into the bloodstream. When tissue or blood vessels are damaged, the coagulation cascade is initiated by platelets, and clotting factors are activated to the site as needed, one after another. At the end of the cascade, fibrinogen is converted to fibrin. Fibrin is an insoluble protein that forms a threaded mesh over the injury site.
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- Agglutination occurs if an antigen is mixed with its corresponding antibody called isoagglutinin. This term is commonly used in blood grouping. The clumping of cells such as bacteria or red blood cells in the presence of an antibody or complement.
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haptoglobin A plasma protein that is a normal constituent of blood serum and functions in the binding of free hemoglobin in the bloodstream. haptoglobin. a plasma protein that irreversibly binds free hemoglobin and is removed by macrophages conserving iron. The quantity of haptoglobin is increased in certain chronic diseases and inflammatory disorders and is decreased or absent in hemolytic anemia. Normal adult findings range from 100 to 150 mg/dL. Compare transferrin. See also hemoglobinemia, hemoglobinuria.
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Blood Types Anti D agglutinins are not normally present. They form when a Rh- individuals becomes exposed to Rh+ blood. The person produces anti-D which presents an issue when they are exposed to Rh+ blood again (such as during transfusion). His or her anti-D could agglutinate the donor's red blood cells.
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Blood Groups, Blood Typing and Blood  Transfusions The agglutination indicates that the blood has reacted with a certain antibody and therefore is not compatible with blood containing that kind of antibody. If the blood does not agglutinate, it indicates that the blood does not have the antigens binding the special antibody in the reagent. 3. If you know which antigens are in the person's blood, it's easy to figure out which blood group he or she belongs to!
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ANTIGLOBULIN TESTING Red blood cell (RBC) antibody identification is used as a follow-up test to a positive RBC antibody screen or a positive direct antiglobulin test (DAT). It is used to identify the specific antibody detected by these screening tests to help identify the cause of a transfusion reaction, hemolytic disease of the newborn (HDN), or hemolytic anemia.
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- Hemagglutinin in Action. Hemagglutinin is a deadly molecular machine that targets and attacks cells. This occurs in several steps. First, the three binding sites at the top of the spike bind to sugars on cellular proteins, shown in green at the top left (PDB entry 1hge ).
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- Medical nutrition therapy (MNT) for wound healing in people with diabetes includes the following four areas: 1. Thirty to 35 kcal/kg body weight, adjusted based on changes in weight and wound healing1: According to Collins, calorie intake is the most important component of nutrition care for wound healing.
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Important Announcement! 1 Answer. Cryoprecipitate (Fibrinogen) is a protein present in blood plasma which is the cold insoluble portion of plasma that remains after the plasma has been thawed at 1-6 degrees centigrade. This material contains factor VIII, fibrinogen, fibronectin, and factor XIII, and produces fibrin which is responsible for clotting of the blood.
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Hemagglutinin There are 16 forms of hemagglutinin, designated H1 through H16, associated with influenza type A viruses. Together with various forms of a viral antigenic protein called neuraminidase, hemagglutinin is used to distinguish between subtypes of influenza A viruses (e.g., H1N1, H5N1).
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Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH), previously Marchiafava–Micheli syndrome, is a rare, acquired, life-threatening disease of the blood characterized by destruction of red blood cells by the complement system, a part of the body's intrinsic immune system.NH is the only hemolytic anemia caused by an acquired (rather than inherited) intrinsic defect in the cell membrane (deficiency of glycophosphatidylinositol leading to absence of protective proteins on the membrane).
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- panagglutinin. [ 1 pan′əglo̅o̅′tinin] 2  an antibody that causes clumping (agglutination) of red blood cells of all blood groups of a species.
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What are antibodies in the blood? Antibodies (also known as immunoglobulins, abbreviated Ig) are gamma globulin proteins that are found in blood or other bodily fluids of vertebrates, and are used by the immune system to identify and neutralize foreign objects, such as bacteria and viruses.
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- The hemagglutinin and neur-. aminidase surface antigens of the influenza virus. have thus far had minimal expression in humans. For example, only 3 of 15 known hemagglutinin. glycoproteins have been associated with influenza. infection in humans.
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What is the reducing agent in the following reaction? Pyruvate + NADH + H+ ? Lactate + NAD+ Choose one answer. a. Hemagglutinin is very important for the virus to bind to animal cells, for example, a human red blood cell. This causes agglutination which is the clumping of the red blood cells. Tests based on this simple clumping of the red blood cells is useful to determine if one has influenza.
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Assay Services In some labs, the hemagglutination assay is preferred for detecting influenza virus growth. The hemagglutination titer of an influenza virus sample can be determined when dilutions of virus are mixed with human or turkey red blood cells.
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- Beta-globin is a component (subunit) of a larger protein called hemoglobin, which is located inside red blood cells. In adults, hemoglobin normally consists of four protein subunits: two subunits of beta-globin and two subunits of another protein called alpha-globin, which is produced from another gene called HBA.ore than 10 mutations in the HBB gene have been found to cause methemoglobinemia, beta-globin type, which is a condition that alters the hemoglobin within red blood cells.