A competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the detection of antibodies is disclosed. This ELISA technique is more sensitive, more specific, and more accurate than known ELISA techniques. The competitive ELISA of this invention is particul...

The accurate determination of the biodistribution of radiolabeled monoclonal antibodies (MoAbs) is important for calculation of dosimetry and evaluation of pharmacokinetic variables such as antibody dose and route of administration. The hypothesis of this...

The accurate determination of the biodistribution of radiolabeled monoclonal antibodies (MoAbs) is important for calculation of dosimetry and evaluation of pharmacokinetic variables such as antibody dose and route of administration. A major long-term obje...

The accurate determination of the biodistribution of radiolabeled monoclonal antibodies (MoAbs) is important for calculation of dosimetry and evaluation of pharmacokinetic variables such as antibody dose and route of administration. A major long-term obje...

An indirect hemagglutination method has been divised for the quantitation of antibody to pneumococcal polysaccharide. The method has been found to be simple, accurate, reproducible, rapid and inexpensive. Large number of serums can be assayed and serum an...

Significant interference with the accurate measurement of anti-DNA antibodies occurs after gallium-67 scanning. The observed effect is dependent on the radioimmunoassay used. False-negative results are observed with a modified Farr assay whereas false-positive results are noted in the millipore filter assay. These ...

A genus-specific enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was applied to the detection of antileptospiral antibodies in swine sera. Results of the ELISA directly correlated with the results of the microscopic agglutination test. The ELISA had a sensitivity of 100%, specificity of 86.4%, and predictive accuracy of 91.3%. Because the ELISA is a simple and ...

The establishment of a simple technique to determine the concentration of fucoidan was developed by using a monoclonal antibody against fucoidan. This antibody reacted with fucoidans purified from Laminaria japonica Areschoug (Makombu in Japanese) and Kjellmaniella gyrate Miyabe (Gagome), but not with polysaccharides from Undaria pinnatifida Suringar ...

We report a simplified radioimmunoassay procedure for determination of plasma cortisol. The method offers the advantage that tracer, antibody, and assay buffer are added in a single step with the use of semi-automated equipment. Thus, critical pipetting procedures are minimized, and assay time is reduced to 4 h. No prior ...

As part of a Phase I chimeric anti-CD40 monoclonal antibody clinical trial, two enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISAs) were developed for secondary endpoints: 1) for the pharmacokinetic (PK) monitoring of serum antibody levels and 2) for immunogenic screening of human anti-chimeric antibody (HACA) responses. ...

Pharmacokinetic data derived from assays that accurately and precisely quantitate a therapeutic drug in circulation are critical to appropriately designing suitable dosing schedules. This manuscript describes the validation and implementation of methods to quantitate a therapeutic anti-human PCSK9 monoclonal antibody in rat and monkey ...

An improved high throughput assay for measuring murine antibodies to squalene (SQE) is described. The assay is highly reproducible and sensitive and can detect 80 ng/ml of antibody to SQE. The assay, an ELISA, is similar to our previously described assay ...

The inflexibility of existing serological techniques for detection of rabies in surveillance constrains the benefit to be gained from many current control strategies. We analysed 304 serum samples from Tanzanian dogs for the detection of rabies antibodies in a pseudotype assay using lentiviral vectors bearing the CVS-11 envelope glycoprotein. Compared with ...

AbstractThe inflexibility of existing serological techniques for detection of rabies in surveillance constrains the benefit to be gained from many current control strategies. We analysed 304 serum samples from Tanzanian dogs for the detection of rabies antibodies in a pseudotype assay using lentiviral vectors bearing the CVS-11 envelope glycoprotein. ...

Advances in technology have provided new laboratory tools for the quantitation of allergen-specific IgE antibodies in serum and on the surface of basophils. This review examines the evolution from qualitative IgE antibody assays of the late 1960s to the present-day, third-generation, automated and quantitative allergen-specific IgE ...

Bead-based assay systems offer the possibility of measuring several specific antibodies in one sample simultaneously. This study evaluated a vaccine panel of a multianalyte system that measures antibodies to tetanus toxin, diphtheria toxin, and pertussis toxin (PT) from Bordetella pertussis. The antibody ...

In order to develop an animal model and an assay method to evaluate protective immune response to H5N1 avian influenza vaccination, H5N1 avian influenza vaccine was prepared. New Zealand rabbits were assigned to receive two doses of vaccine with different hemagglutinin (HA) dosage. The sera from vaccinated rabbits was evaluated to determine antibody titer ...

The c-jun N-terminal kinase 3 (JNK3) is a promising drug target for the treatment of neurological disorders. Here we report a direct ELISA including the optimization of a nonradioactive immunosorbent JNK3 activity assay to determine inhibitory potency of small-molecule inhibitors. Based on our previous JNK3 assay and our recently optimized p38? mitogen ...

A method is presented for the rapid determination of the fluorescein content, protein content, and fluorescein-to-protein ratio for immune globulin conjugates with fluorescein isothiocyanate as the fluor. This method is based on the absorbance of the fluorescent antibody at those wavelengths primarily associated with the fluorescein and ?-globulin fractions, and permits these ...

Several systems for enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) of thermostable direct hemolysin (TDH) of Vibrio parahaemolyticus were tested, and single-antibody sandwich ELISA systems gave satisfactory results. ELISA was able to detect as little as several nanograms of purified TDH per milliliter. The method of De Jong (J. Clin. Microbiol. 17:928-930, ...

Immunoassays, assay methods, antibodies and methods of producing antibodies for the detection of fibroblast growth factor-23 (FGF-23). The immunoassay and assay method preferably comprise a non-competitive, sandwich-type assay utilizing a first bound anti...

An enzyme immunoassay for progesterone is described in which a progesterone-11..cap alpha..-hemisuccinyl-horseradish peroxidase conjugate is used as the label and an antiserum raised in rabbits to a progesterone-11..cap alpha..-hemisuccinyl-bovine serum albumin conjugate. In this assay, antibody-bound and free steroid are separated by using a second ...

... Abstract : The double antibody assay and the charcoal assay for plasma insulin were compared as to sensitivity, expense, convenience of use, and ...

... Title : Rapid Active Assay for the Detection of Antibodies to West Nile Virus in Chickens. Descriptive Note : Journal article. ...

... TITLE: DEVELOPMENT OF AN ASSAY TO DETECT ANTIBODIES TO HIV-2 USING RECOMBINANT DNA DERIVED ANTIGENS ...

The current classification of aquatic birnaviruses is based on seroneutralization assays with polyclonal antibodies. In this study a comparison of several procedures used for serotyping aquatic birnaviruses was made with 10 virus strains (4 reference strains from salmonids and 6 birnaviruses isolated from turbot [Scophthalmus maximus]). The relationships ...

The haemolytic antibody isotope release (HAIR) assay quantitates antibody production by splenic antibody-producing cells by lysis of chromium-51-labelled sheep red blood cells. The amount of antibody quantitated by the HAIR assay directly correlates with the number of ...

Antibodies to mycolic acid (MA) antigens can be detected as surrogate markers of active tuberculosis (TB) with evanescent field biosensors where the lipid antigens are encapsulated in liposomes. Standard immunoassay such as ELISA, where the lipid antigen is not encapsulated, but directly adsorbed to the well-bottoms of microtiter plates, does not yield the required sensitivity ...

... MONOCLONAL ANTIBODIES, PARASITES, IMMUNITY, SEROLOGY, LEISHMANIASIS, BIOASSAY, CYTOLOGY, PATHOLOGY, ANTIBODIES ...

... simple, accurate diatnostic assays for schistosomiasis. ... schistosomal infection by assay of patients ... response; (2) a quantitative assay of antigenemia ...

Anti-M�llerian hormone (AMH) is set to dominate reproductive endocrinology because of its unique relationship with the ovarian reserve. To date half of the published articles have used the Diagnostic Systems Lab (DSL) assay and the other half the Immunotech (IOT) assay. Unfortunately, these assays utilize two different primary ...

The measurement of the avidity of cytomegalovirus (CMV) immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies has been shown by several investigators to be useful in identifying and excluding primary CMV infections in pregnant women. In this work, we examined the diagnostic utility of reflex testing of CMV IgM-positive specimens from pregnant women by using a CMV IgG avidity ...

... Our results indicate the SPACH assay is as *4= sensitive and specific as the commercial RIA assays tested ... antibody capture radioimmunoassay. ...

Serum antibody titers are a useful measurement of protection against infection (feline panleukopenia virus [FPV]) or clinical disease (feline herpesvirus-1 [FHV] and feline calicivirus [FCV]), and their determination has been recommended as part of disease outbreak management in animal shelters. The objective of this study was to determine the sensitivity, specificity, and ...

The expression level of the HER family is unreliable as a predictive marker for targeted therapies in cancer. Thus, there is a need to develop other biomarkers, which can be used to accurately select responsive patients for targeted therapies. The HER dimerization status may be more important than HER receptor expression per se in determining sensitivity or resistance to a ...

The accurate determination of the biodistribution of radiolabeled monoclonal antibodies (MoAbs) is important for calculation of dosimetry and evaluation of pharmacokinetic variables such as antibody dose and route of administration. The hypothesis of this application is that the biodistribution of radiolabeled monoclonal ...

The accurate determination of the biodistribution of radiolabeled monoclonal antibodies (MoAbs) is important for calculation of dosimetry and evaluation of pharmacokinetic variables such as antibody dose and route of administration. The hypothesis of this application is that the biodistribution of radiolabeled monoclonal ...

An ELISA-based assay is described for the measurement of antibodies to squalene (SQE) in human serum and plasma. The assay was adapted from the previously described assay for murine antibodies to SQE (J. Immunol. Methods 267 (2002) 119). Like the murine S...

To perform a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) plaque assay in nonadherent host cells, we developed a novel technique in which HIV-infected MT-2 cells were formed into monolayers by centrifugation through molten agarose. Infection, formation of cell monolayers, and enumeration of plaques all took place in 96-well microtiter plates. When this process was preceded by 18 h of ...

A sensitive radioimmunoassay for serum antibody to varicella-zoster virus is described; it uses 125I-labeled staphylococcal protein A and a specially designed immunofiltration apparatus. The assay accurately distinguishes between individuals who are susceptible and those who are immune to infection with varicella-zoster virus. In ...

The double antibody assay and the charcoal assay for plasma insulin were compared as to sensitivity, expense, convenience of use, and adaptability to assay other hormones. The double antibody assay had an overall sensitivity of 0.36%/0.1 micro units, with...

A sensitive and specific immunoassay for the simultaneous detection of Clostridium botulinum type C (BoNT/C) and type D neurotoxin was developed. Goat anti-mouse immunoglobulin G was bound to polyethylene disks in a small disposable column used for this assay. The sample was preincubated together with monoclonal antibodies specific for the heavy chain of ...

Pueraria candollei (White Kwao Khuer) is a medicinal plant containing puerarin, daidzin, genistin, daidzein, and genistein as major isoflavonoids used for its rejuvenating and estrogenic effects. In order to analyze these compounds, a single enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for total isoflavonoids was developed using anti-puerarin and anti-daidzin polyclonal ...

This report addresses the analytical methodology used in the Antibody in Air Assay Study. Tests were performed to determine the stability of antibodies, retention of antibody active binding sites, and antibody binding in an aerosol. Quantitation of antibo...

The evaluation of allergenic potential is a key parameter in the safety assessment of novel proteins, including those expressed in genetically modified crops and foodstuffs. The majority of allergic reactions to food proteins are immediate type hypersensitivity reactions in which the principal biological effector is IgE antibody; the accurate measurement ...

A new procedure for the assay of protein tyrosine kinase, based on the detection of phosphorylated tyrosyl residues by using monoclonal antibodies to phosphotyrosine, is described. After incubation of a protein tyrosine kinase sample with the substrates poly-(GluNa,Tyr)4:1 and unlabeled ATP an aliquot of the reaction mixture is transferred to a ...

In spite of proper treatment tetanus carries a high mortality up to 75% and more Since 1927 an active immunization against tetanus is available; it prevents the disease. With a radioimmuno-assay antibodies in the blood, which are neutralizing the tetanus toxin, can be estimated accurately. In 92 healthy persons below 55 years, who had ...

A rapid solid-phase radioimmunoassay for staphyloccal enterotoxin A is described. The assay procedure requires 3 to 4 h for completion by using a competitive inhibition system in which the antibody is attached to bromacetyl cellulose particles. It is accurate to a level of 0.01 mu g of enterotoxin A/ml in a variety of media ...

Tuberculosis (TB) in elephants is a re-emerging zoonotic disease caused primarily by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Current methods for screening and diagnosis rely on trunk wash culture, which has serious limitations due to low test sensitivity, slow turn-around time, and variable sample quality. Inn...

Antibody and aptamer nanostrips for extended testing. Contact ... nanostrip assay, a vitamin D assay, a thrombin aptamer assay, and an IgG assay. ...

Antibody humanization has eliminated or reduced the human antimouse antibody response associated with the administration of murine antibodies. We have successfully humanized three different antibodies: (a) hMN-3 (granulocyte targeting); (b) hMu-9 (colorectal cancer targeting); and (c) hWI2 (anti-idiotype to the ...

A sensitive and broad class selective direct competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) using monoclonal antibody (McAb) has been described for the detection of pyrethroids with phenoxybenzene group. One monoclonal antibody, 2G(2)E(7), was obtained and characterized after fusion of myeloma cells with spleen cells isolated ...

Monoclonal antibody (MAb) technology is well recognized as a significant development for producing specific serologic reagents to a wide variety of antigens in unlimited amounts. These reagents have provided the means for developing a number of highly specific and reproducible immunological assays for rapid and accurate diagnosis of an ...

A new test principle for the simultaneous detection of total approximate titers and immunoglobulin M antibodies has been developed and applied to the detection of antibody to hepatitis B core antigen. The method is based on the combination of a competition radioimmunoassay, for the determination of total antibody titer, with an ...

The seroprevalence of Anaplasma antibodies in wildlife (eland, blue wildebeest, kongoni, impala, Thomson's gazelle, Grant's gazelle, giraffe and plains zebra) and domestic animal (cattle, sheep and goat) populations was studied in wildlife/livestock interface areas of Kenya. Serum samples were analyzed by competitive inhibition enzyme-linked immunosorbent ...

Accurately assessing mucosal immune responses to candidate vaccines remains a technical challenge. ELISPOT is widely used as a surrogate of mucosal immune response by directly enumerating circulating antibody secreting cells (ASCs), while antibody in lymphocyte supernatant (ALS) titers the total amount of antibody ...

The Gammaflow automated assay concept of Brooker et al. was adapted to the assay of urinary cyclic AMP in patients' samples on the now commercially available Squibb Gamma-Flo system, a totally automated continuous-flow immunoassay instrument. The instrument aspirates the unknown sample, combines it with radioligand and specific antiserum, ...

Although antibodies directed against bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) are being used in both clinical and basic research laboratories as tools to study and monitor DNA synthesis, little is known about the epitopes with which they react. Four monoclonal antibodies directed against BrdU were produced and were characterized to learn more about the epitopes on BrdU ...

BackgroundProteolysis of matrix components, in particular elastin, is a major contributing factor to the development of lung diseases such as emphysema and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). MMP-12 (macrophage elastase) is a protease known to be involved in the progression of lung disease. The relatively low abundance of MMP-12 has precluded the development of quantitative ...

We present here simple, sensitive and accurate colorimetric capture ELISAs for staphylococcal enterotoxins A and B. Standard curves were linear over the range 0.5-1 ng/mL, and toxins could be accurately measured at 0.5 ng/mL in assay buffer or 0.1 ng/mL in human urine. Cross-reactivity between serotypes was negligible. Detection in ...

We describe an assay and data evaluation technique for sorting a panel of murine monoclonal antibodies according to epitope specificities. The assay analyzes the simultaneous binding (pairing) of antibodies to an antigen and groups together antibodies with similar pairing profiles. Similar ...

The confirmation of positive screening assay reactions for antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (anti-HIV-1) by Western blot is expensive and often gives indeterminate results. We therefore carried out a collaborative study to investigate the confirmation of screening assay reactions using a second screening ...

Noncompetitive immunoassays are advantageous over competitive assays for the detection of small molecular weight compounds. We recently demonstrated that phage peptide libraries can be an excellent source of immunoreagents that facilitate the development of sandwich-type noncompetitive immunoassays for the detection of small analytes, avoiding the technical challenges of ...

... Accession Number : ADA064626. Title : Serum Antibody to 'Pseudomonas aeruginosa' Exotoxin Measured by a Passive Hemagglutination Assay. ...

... Radioimmunoassay forquantiration of antibodies to alphaviruses with staphylococcal ... serology; serodiagnosis; radioimmune assay; RIA; St-RIP ...

... The SPACH assay was compared to a commercial radioimmunoassay and was found to be equally or more sensitive and specific for the detection ...

... Title : New Therapeutic Approaches and Prognostic Assays for Breast Cancer: Radiolabeled Ligands and Antibodies and Quantitative PCR. ...

... Title : Fluorometric Assay to Detect the Germination of Bacillus Anthracis Spores and the Germination Inhibitory Effects of Antibodies. ...

... Author : NAVAL RESEARCH LAB WASHINGTON DC ... examined three different methods of endotoxin ... Amebocyte Lysate (LAL) assay to accurately ...

A method is presented for the rapid determination of the fluorescein content, protein content, and fluorescein-to-protein ratio for immune globulin conjugates with fluorescein isothiocyanate as the fluor. This method is based on the absorbance of the fluorescent antibody at those wavelengths primarily associated with the fluorescein and gamma-globulin fractions, and permits ...

... the containers must be labeled, assayed, and certified ... An accurate nondestructive assay method would ... and provide a quantitative measurement ...

An immunoradiometric assay (IRMA) for the quantitative analysis of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) was evaluated for specificity, sensitivity, accuracy and precision. The results were compared with those of the conventional radioimmunoassay (RIA) used in our laboratory. The IRMA is a solid-phase, double-antibody immunoassay that sandwiches the intact ...

In summary, the C-PTH assay we describe is a sequential, double-antibody, heterologous system involving antibody raised in rabbits against bovine PTH blocked by conjugation at the N-terminus. We have characterized the antibody by affinity and cross-reactivity studies. Bovine standards calibrated to the World Health ...

The autoantigen of celiac disease, transglutaminase 2 (TG2), adopts an open conformation during enzymatic activation. We studied diagnostic accuracy of serodiagnostic assays using TG2 in its open and closed conformation as antigens in patients with diagnostic difficulties. The open TG2 antibody (TG2ab) test identified 93% of untreated celiac patients in ...

We aim to develop a rapid, accurate and sensitive diagnostic assay with which to detect the surface antigens of fungi thought to be involved in allergic fungal rhinosinusitis (AFRS), by assessing the usefulness of immunofluorescence microscopy (IMF) and enzyme linked immuno-absorbent assays (ELISA). The age, sex, clinical symptoms and ...

Few in vitro tests currently available are able to accurately predict the in vivo localization of monoclonal antibodies (Mabs) to cancer. We report on a fresh tissue incubation assay (FTIA) and compare the results of this assay to the in vivo localization of renal cell carcinoma (RCC)-reactive Mab A6H and control ...

Gonorrhea antibodies in serum are detected by determination of radioactivity of conjugate formed between antibodies and antigens labelled with radioactive isotope. 11 claims, 1 figure.

The literature abounds with reports showing discrepancies in immunoassays of proteins and peptides. Whereas the isomorphism and polymorphism of proteins remains largely hidden in immunoassays making use of polyclonal antibodies, the use of monoclonal antibodies uncovered the difficulty of accurately assaying ...

The bilayer-tethered vesicle assembly has recently been proposed as a biomimetic model membrane platform for the analysis of integral membrane proteins. Here, we explore the binding of antibodies to membrane components of the vesicle assembly through the use of quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation monitoring (QCM-D). The technique provides a quantitative, label-free ...

Thyroid antibodies, especially thyroglobulin antibodies, allow themselves to be proven with the double antibody method, in competitive radio binding assays and with the solid phase technique. These methods offer advantages relative to sensitivity and quan...