Molecular Aggregation in Immune System Activation Studied by Dynamic Light Scattering

Abstract

Determination of the concentration and size of the circulating immune complexes in the blood is an essential part of diagnostics of immune diseases. In this work, we suggest using the dynamic light scattering method to determine the sizes of circulating immune complexes in blood serum. By the dynamic light scattering spectrometer, we found that for healthy and sick donors, the size and concentration of circulating immune complexes differed significantly. The dynamics of formation of these complexes were also examined in this work. It was shown that the formation of immune complexes in the blood of healthy donors is faster than the same reactions in the blood serum of donors with diseases. The results can be used in the diagnostics of the immune status and detection of chronic inflammation. We can recommend the dynamic light scattering method for implementation in biomedical diagnostics.

Keywords

• dynamic light scattering
• humoral immune system
• immune complexes
• immune diagnostics