Recent development of surface-enhanced Raman scattering for biosensing

C Lin, Y Li, Y Peng, S Zhao, M Xu, L Zhang… - Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) technology, as a powerful tool to
identify molecular species by collecting molecular spectral signals at the single-molecule …

A potential association between obesity and reduced effectiveness of COVID‐19 vaccine‐induced neutralizing humoral immunity

AA Faizo, FS Qashqari, SA El‐Kafrawy… - Journal of Medical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Due to the adverse effects of obesity on host immunity, this study investigated the
effectiveness of COVID‐19 vaccines (BNT162b2, ChAdOx‐nCov‐2019, and mRNA‐1273) in …

Immunological tests: Essential and supportive tools in the fight against COVID-19

D Zhang, D Kukkar, KH Kim - TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has spread globally since December 2019
and has generated distinctive spikes in death counts. To effectively control the viral spread …

[HTML][HTML] An optimised indirect ELISA protocol for detection and quantification of anti-viral antibodies in human plasma or serum: A case study using SARS-CoV-2

C Baine, J Sembera, GK Oluka, JS Katende… - Bio …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Advanced immunoassays are crucial in assessing antibody responses, serving immune
surveillance goals, characterising immunological responses to evolving viral variants, and …

Testing Antigens, Antibodies, and Immune Cells in COVID-19 as a Public Health Topic—Experience and Outlines

M Neagu, C Constantin, M Surcel - International Journal of Environmental …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The current COVID-19 pandemic has triggered an accelerated pace in all research domains,
including reliable diagnostics methodology. Molecular diagnostics of the virus and its …

[HTML][HTML] Markers of terminally differentiated T-cells as predictors of vascular health in renal transplant recipients and healthy adults

S Lee, HJ Chih, J Affandi, S Waters, A Irish, P Price - Clinical Immunology, 2023 - Elsevier
Meta-analyses confirm a link between persistent human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) infections
and cardiovascular disease, but the mechanisms are unclear. We assess whether …

Lack of evidence on association between iron deficiency and COVID-19 vaccine-induced neutralizing humoral immunity

AA Faizo, AA Bawazir, MN Almashjary, AM Hassan… - Vaccines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Iron is a crucial micronutrient for immunity induction in response to infections and
vaccinations. This study aimed to investigate the effect of iron deficiency on COVID-19 …

Current status of diagnostic assays for emerging zoonotic viruses: Nipah and Hendra

N Sharma, VL Jamwal, S Nagial, M Ranjan… - Expert Review of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Introduction Nipah and Hendra viruses belong to the Paramyxoviridae family,
which pose a significant threat to human health, with sporadic outbreaks causing severe …

Design and optimization of an IgG human ELISA assay reactive to recombinant RBD SARS-CoV-2 protein

MC Rodríguez, N Ceaglio, A Gugliotta… - Applied Microbiology …, 2022 - Springer
Serology assays are essential tools to mitigate the effect of COVID-19, help to identify
previous SARS-CoV-2 infections or vaccination, and provide data for surveillance and …

Development of serological assays and seroprevalence studies of the new coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19): reports from Saudi Arabia

TA Alandijany, AA Faizo - Healthcare, 2021 - mdpi.com
Serological assays are valuable tools for tracking COVID-19 spread, estimation of herd
immunity, and evaluation of vaccine effectiveness. Several reports from Saudi Arabia …