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Binding Is the Easy Part(Post)
An antibody–drug conjugate is not a targeted drug. It is a delivery problem with an antibody bolted to the front of it. Binding is the easy part, and it is almost never the part that fails. What deci
Polyclonal Vs Monoclonal antibodies: Key features (Post)Antibodies · Reagent GuideMonoclonal vs Polyclonal Antibodies: Key DifferencesMonoclonal and polyclonal antibodies are the two workhorse reagent types in research, diagnostics and therapy. Monoclonals
Protein Kinases: Overview, Classification and Therapeutic Potential(Post)Cell Signalling · EnzymologyProtein Kinases: Function, Classification, Structure and InhibitorsProtein kinases transfer a phosphate group from ATP onto specific residues of target proteins, switching
Passaging Hybridoma Cells: A Detailed Guide(Post)Cell Culture · ProtocolsPassaging Hybridoma Cells: A Detailed GuideHybridomas are productive but temperamental. They grow in suspension, are sensitive to shear and to overgrowth, and — the problem tha
The role of IFN gamma in inflammation, cancer and autoimmune disease(Post)Immunology · CytokinesIFN-gamma: Signalling, Function and Roles in Inflammation, Cancer and AutoimmunityInterferon gamma is the sole type II interferon and one of the most consequential cytokines in i
Your Th2 Phenotype Might Not Be a T Cell(Post)If your knockout showed a type 2 phenotype and you attributed it to Th2 cells, there is a reasonable chance you were looking at something else. Innate lymphoid cells run T-bet, GATA3 and RORγt — not
How to Choose a Secondary Antibody(Post)The selection of a secondary antibody is a critical step in the experimental design of various immunodetection methods, including Western Blot, ELISA, immunohistochemistry (IHC), and immunofluores
Th17 and IL-23: Why Blocking IL-17 Sometimes Backfires(Post)Two drugs aimed at the same axis can give opposite results in the same disease. Blocking IL-23p19 is highly effective in psoriasis and works in Crohn’s disease. Blocking IL-17A directly is highly eff
One Integrin Chain, Two Partners, Brain or Gut(Post)A chemokine gradient does not move a leukocyte anywhere. It only tells one that has already stopped which way to go. That sentence is the whole map. Trafficking is a four-step cascade and the steps a
B-Cell Depletion: Why Anti-CD20 Spares the Antibody(Post)You can remove almost every B cell from an animal and barely move its antibody titre. That is not a failed experiment — it is the expected result, and it follows from one fact: CD20 is switched off a
IgE and Mast Cells: The Cell Is Armed in Advance(Post)The mast cell is loaded long before the allergen arrives. IgE bound to FcεRIα is not waiting to be recruited the way an antibody waits for antigen in a serum assay — it is already installed on the ce
Kit di Estrazione DNA RNA Virus (Post)Kit di Estrazione DNA/RNA Virus Il Kit di Estrazione dell'Acido Nucleico Virale II è stato progettato specificamente per la purificazione efficiente del DNA virale e dell'RNA vira
CAR-T Cell Signalling Pathway: Costimulation, Output and Assays(Post)A chimeric antigen receptor is a synthetic protein wired into a real signalling pathway. The extracellular half is an antibody fragment; everything below the membrane is borrowed from the T-cell rece
Leukemia Inhibitory Factor: An Overview (Post)Leukemia Inhibitory Factor and JAK-STAT Signalling Pathway Leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) is a cytokine that belongs to the interleukin-6 (IL-6) family of cytokines. Other members of
CV writing tips for scientists(Post)Making the switch! This article provides some help on CV writing tips for scientists for PhDs and PostDocs looking for jobs outside of academia and what they might need to
PD-1/PD-L1 Checkpoint Signalling: Pathway, Function and Assays(Post)PD-1 does not switch a T cell off; it moves the threshold. Engagement of PD-1 by PD-L1 recruits a single phosphatase into the immunological synapse, and that one recruitment event is enough to collap
Unconventional T Cells: Already Armed, and No MHC Required(Post)Most immunology is written as though a T cell must first be told what to look for. Three lineages did not read that memo. γδ T cells, invariant NKT cells and MAIT cells leave the thymus with their ef
Delete Every Microglial Cell, Then Ask What Changed(Post)Block one receptor and more than 90% of the microglia in a mouse brain are dead within a week. Not impaired — gone. Stop the block and they come back, repopulating from the survivors within another w
Cuatro pilares de la documentación técnica de reactivos en laboratorio(Post)Cuatro pilares de la documentación técnica de reactivos en laboratorio Las cuatro piezas imprescindibles de la documentación técnica de reactivos son la ficha de datos de seguridad (SDS), la ficha té
T-Cell Co-Stimulation and Agonist Checkpoint Signalling Explained(Post)Signal 1 tells a T cell what it is looking at; signal 2 tells it whether to care. The same peptide–MHC engagement that launches a productive effector response can just as easily install an anergy pro