What acute phase reactant can increase rapidly, is important in phagocytosis and opsonization and can help monitor acute inflammation?

Nephelometry and turbidimetry are methods used to measure scattered light that can help with quantitation of serum proteins. 

In an indirect ELISA method designed to detect antibody to a viral pathogen in patient serum, the conjugate used should be: 

Which of the following is a characteristic of cytokines?

This type of immunoassay can measure trace amounts of analytes but has a short shelf life and can cause laboratory safety hazards. 

Which factor is associated with factor H to inactivate complement components?

What region of the antibody will bind to complement proteins?

This assay is useful in measuring cytokines by detecting and enumerating individual cytokine-secreting cells.

Pregnancy testing is based upon the detection of which hormone?    

Name  a lab procedure.