Acronym and partial keyword searches. The same methods that work effectively for searching diagnosis names also work for finding antibodies. ImmunoQuery’s library of antibodies can be searched by class or clone name using acronyms (i.e., “MBP” for “Myelin Basic Protein”) or partial keywords (“kit” for “C-KIT”). Only two letters are required to initiate Smart Search.

Caveat: Some antibodies commonly have dashes in their names. ImmunoQuery names retain dashes and spaces, just as they appear in the literature. Smart Search will recognize dashes, so if initially you cannot find an antibody (i.e., you type “S100”), try searching with the dash (i.e., “S-100”). Although one may select a search based on clone name, all antibody results panels are reported for the class.

Clone name. Similar to diagnosis names, differing naming conventions sometimes prevent quickly finding an antibody class. For example, the antibody for smooth muscle actin is sometimes known both SMA and Actin-SM. In this case it may be more effective to search ImmunoQuery by clone name. In a search for “1A4” the pathologist can quickly find ACTIN-SM.

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