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... We proposed a FRET immunosensing for detection of CA15-3 tumor marker by highly biospecific interactions between CA 15-3 antigen and the corresponding antibody and aptamer. In this sandwich type immunoassay, CA15-3 antibody-functionalized carbon dots and AuNPs labeled PAMAM-Dendrimer/aptamer were used as donor/acceptor, respectively. When CA 15-3 Ag was added to homogenous immunoassay, the strong ...
... Campylobacter jejuni (C. jejuni) contamination occurs vastly and inevitably at the meat production site, which makes the real-time monitoring of C. jejuni an increasingly key part for the food safety control. Aiming to establish a C. jejuni on-site detection method, a colloidal gold immunochromatographic assay (GICA) was developed with a visual lowest detection limit of 10² CFU/μL of C. jejuni. Al ...
... Benzo[a]pyrene (BaP), a kind of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, has great potential hazards to the ecosystem and human health. In this study, based on the preparation of BaP immunogen and coating antigen, a specific polyclonal antibody targeting BaP was generated, and a highly sensitive real-time immuno-PCR assay using the biotin-streptavidin system (BA-IPCR) was developed for detecting BaP in ve ...
... Cervical cancer remains the second-most prevalent female malignancy around the world, leading to a great majority of cancer-related mortality that occurs mainly in developing countries. Developing an effective and low-cost vaccine against human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, especially in medically underfunded areas, is urgent. Compared with vaccines based on HPV L1 viruslike particles (VLPs) in ...
... Using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and limited dilution methods to screen and clone antigen-specific hybridoma cells is extremely time-consuming and labor-intensive. This work features a simple and rapid cell surface fluorescence immunosorbent assay (CSFIA), designed for the detection and isolation of antigen-specific hybridoma clones. In this assay, antigens are first anchored to ...
... Inexpensive, straightforward, and rapid medical diagnostics are becoming increasingly important for disease identification in time- and resource-limited settings. Previous attempts to link oligonucleotide-based aptamers and hammerhead ribozymes to form ligand-induced ribozymes have been successful in identifying a variety of small molecule and protein targets. Isothermal exponential amplification ...
... Phage display of combinatorial antibody libraries is a versatile tool in the field of antibody engineering, with diverse applications including monoclonal antibody (mAb) discovery, affinity maturation, and humanization. To improve the selection efficiency of antibody libraries, we developed a new phagemid display system that addresses the complication of bald phage propagation. The phagemid facili ...
... Synthetic multicellular systems hold promise as models for understanding natural development of biofilms and higher organisms and as tools for engineering complex multi-component metabolic pathways and materials. However, such efforts require tools to adhere cells into defined morphologies and patterns, and these tools are currently lacking. Here, we report a 100% genetically encoded synthetic pla ...
... Plasma stability assessment under physiological temperature is an essential step for developing and optimizing antibody drug conjugate (ADC) molecules, especially those with cleavable linkers. The assessment of plasma stability often requires monitoring multiple analytes using a combination of bioanalytical assays for free payloads, conjugated payloads (or conjugated antibodies), total antibodies, ...
... BACKGROUND: Slaughter pigs are monitored for the presence of the zoonotic pathogen Salmonella, using both serology and bacteriology. ELISAs used to investigate pig herds are based on the detection of antibodies against components of the Salmonella cell envelope. Nearly all Salmonella isolates in food-producing animals are serovars of Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica, distributed over variou ...
... A biobank is a non-profit service that hosts a collection of biological samples organized as a technical unit with defined quality criteria, order and destination, to ensure full traceability of the sample and, above all, is a valuable underpinning for medical and biological research. We present the first biobank for marine biological samples, stemming mainly from the activity developed on zoonoti ...
... Avian pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC), a leading cause of avian airsacculitis and colibacillosis, is responsible for significant economic loss in the poultry industry. APEC serogroups O1, O2, and O78 are predominantly associated with disease. Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) O-antigen has been shown to be a potent antigen for inducing specific protective immune responses. Therefore, we sought to develo ...
Annebel R. De Vleeschauwer; Xiaocui Zhou; David J. Lefebvre; Annabelle Garnier; Fleur Watier; Charly Pignon; Sandrine A. Lacour; Stephan Zientara; Labib Bakkali-Kassimi; Kris De Clercq; Bernard Klonjkowski
... Vaccination is a key element in the control of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD). The majority of the antigenic sites that induce protective immune responses are localized on the FMD virus (FMDV) capsid that is formed by four virus-encoded structural proteins, VP1 to VP4. In the present study, recombinant canine adenovirus type 2 (CAV2)-based FMD vaccines, Cav-P1/3C R° and Cav-VP1 R°, respectively expr ...
... Naked-eye readout colorimetric signal-based assays are promising for high-throughput screening detection and point-of-care diagnostics in resource-constrained regions. Here, a novel direct competitive plasmonic enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (dc-pELISA) based on gold nanoparticle (AuNP) aggregation with highly sensitive and robust naked-eye readout signal was developed and used to detect fumoni ...
European Union; antigens; corn flour; cross reaction; detection limit; enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; liquid chromatography; microarray technology; monoclonal antibodies; peroxidase; tandem mass spectrometry; zearalenone
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... A monoclonal antibody (mAb) (2B10) against zearalenone (ZEN) was prepared for the first time in this study. The mAb was class specific and showed no cross reactivity to other groups of mycotoxins. A competitive microarray assay based on a novel solid supporting material, an integrated poly(dimethylsiloxane) (iPDMS), is proposed for qualitative and/or semiquantitative determination of ZEN in cereal ...
... Edible bird’s nest (EBN) is a glue-like substance deriving from salivary secretion by specific swiftlets, and protein is considered as the main component of EBN. Accounting over 50% by weight, the exact identities of EBN proteins are still not well understood, due to difficulties of extraction, purification and identification. By using EBN proteins as antigens, 31 monoclonal antibodies specificall ...
Rakesh K. Pathak; Uttara Basu; Anis Ahmad; Shrita Sarkar; Anil Kumar; Bapurao Surnar; Saba Ansari; Katarzyna Wilczek; Michael E. Ivan; Brian Marples; Nagesh Kolishetti; Shanta Dhar
DNA damage; anti-inflammatory agents; antigens; cell respiration; cytotoxicity; drug therapy; fractionation; in vitro studies; inflammation; irradiation; metabolism; metastasis; mitochondria; models; neoplasm cells; patients; prostatic neoplasms; radiotherapy; stem cells
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... Multimodal therapies are used to treat advanced cancers including castration-resistant prostate cancer to manage the biological characteristics of the tumors like inflammation, bone metastases, and participation of metabolically altered cancer stem cells (CSCs) that have integral roles in disease dissemination and progression. We developed a multifunctional polymer-based self-assembled technology ...
detection limit; blood serum; antigens; humans; biomarkers; antibodies; immunosensors; monitoring; atomic force microscopy; dielectric spectroscopy; electrodes; electrochemistry; epoxides; scanning electron microscopy; chemical bonding; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; polymers; colorectal neoplasms; tumor suppressor protein p53; Raman spectroscopy
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... Label-free immunosensor based on tetra armed star-shaped poly(glycidylmethacrylate) (StarPGMA) modified disposable ITO electrode was developed for detection of p53 protein, an important colorectal cancer biomarker. This disposable biosensor was fabricated by spin-coating technique using star-shaped StarPGMA with epoxy side groups. After formation of a stable film with epoxy ends, anti-p53 antibodi ...
... Monitoring cancer biomarkers in biological fluids has become a key tool for disease diagnosis, which should be of easy access anywhere in the world. The possibility of reducing basic requirements in the field of electrochemical biosensing may open doors in this direction. This work proposes for this purpose an innovative electrochemical immunosensing system using a photovoltaic cell as an electric ...
Ana Claudia G. Zimbres; Priscila C. Albuquerque; Luna S. Joffe; Taiane N. Souza; Leonardo Nimrichter; Stefânia O. Frazão; Patricia Albuquerque; Fernanda L. Fonseca; Marcio L. Rodrigues
... Trichosporon asahii shares with Cryptococcus species the ability to produce glucuronoxylomannan (GXM), an immunomodulatory fungal polysaccharide. The ability of other opportunistic species of Trichosporon to produce GXM-like polysaccharides is unknown. In this study, we observed that T. mucoides was less pathogenic than T. asahii in an infection model of Galleria mellonella and asked whether this ...