Glossary

Enzyme-linked immunoelectrotransfer blot assay.  This is an immunodianostic test assaying whether or not the antibodies are present in the tested fluid.  A positive test suggests that a person is infected or infested by the organism being tested for (i.e., the indivdual’s immune system has developed antibodies to combat the infecting/infesting organism,).

Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.  This is is a commonly used  technique to detect the  presence of a protein, peptide, or antibodies such as would be present due to an infective agent.  It uses an antibody against these proteins, peptides or antibodies that binds to them.  Bound to the assay’s antibody is an enzyme that reacts to the binding allowing identification of the binding event, thus identifying the presence of targeted  agent (such as the infective organism).

epithelial membrane antigen – an antigen for which an immunohistochemical stain has been developed and called by the same name. This antigen is a marker for maturation of the membrane along the epithelial cell line and is useful in differentiating small-cell, anaplastic carcinomas from lymphomas.

Material injected into a blood vessel to embolize or thrombose it.

ElectroMyoGraphy

Encephalomyosynangiosis: A surgical technique used to treat an area of the brain with poor blood supply such as can occur in Moyamoya Disease.  The technique consists of laying muscle with good blood supply directly onto the surface of the area of the brain with poor blood supply.

A gene that encodes endoglin.  Abnormalities in this gene are associated with Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasis (HHT).

ETS2 Repressor Factor. A Protein Coding gene related to  cellular pathways involved in response to cellular stimuli or to cellular senescence. Mutations in this gene have been related to craniosynostosis.

A pathway involved in DNA transcription. ERK (extracelluar signalling-regulated kinases) and MAPK (mitogen-activated protein kinases) are protein switches that act by phosphorylating proteins in cascade that ends in proteins being transcribed by DNA.

Erythrocyte sedimentation rate – the degree of sedimentation of red blood cells in a specimen of blood containing an anticoagulant over a one hour period reported as mm/hr. This is a non-specific measure for inflammation.