IgY antibodies: The promising potential to overcome antibiotic resistance

SA El-Kafrawy, AT Abbas, C Oelkrug… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Antibiotic resistant bacteria are a growing threat to global health security. Whilst the
emergence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a natural phenomenon, it is also driven by …

Egg yolk antibodies for passive immunity

J Kovacs-Nolan, Y Mine - Annual review of food science and …, 2012 - annualreviews.org
The avian egg contains all of the necessary nutrients and growth factors required for the
developing embryo, including antibodies that are transported from the blood of the hen into …

IgY antibodies for the immunoprophylaxis and therapy of respiratory infections

AT Abbas, SA El-Kafrawy, SS Sohrab… - Human vaccines & …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Emergence of drug resistance among the causative organisms for respiratory tract infections
represents a critical challenge to the global health care community. Further, although …

Avian IgY antibodies and their recombinant equivalents in research, diagnostics and therapy

E Spillner, I Braren, K Greunke, H Seismann, S Blank… - Biologicals, 2012 - Elsevier
The generation and use of avian antibodies is of increasing interest in a wide variety of
applications within the life sciences. Due to their phylogenetic distance, mechanisms of …

IgY antibodies in human nutrition for disease prevention

S Müller, A Schubert, J Zajac, T Dyck, C Oelkrug - Nutrition journal, 2015 - Springer
Oral administration of preformed specific antibodies is an attractive approach against
infections of the digestive system in humans and animals in times of increasing antibiotic …

Preparation and characterization of egg yolk immunoglobulin Y specific to influenza B virus

J Wen, S Zhao, D He, Y Yang, Y Li, S Zhu - Antiviral research, 2012 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to prepare egg yolk immunoglobulin (IgY) for use in the prevention
and treatment of influenza B viral infections. Laying hens were immunized with inactivated …

Treatment of Helicobacter pylori infection in mice with oral administration of egg yolk-driven anti-UreC immunoglobulin

ZV Malekshahi, SLM Gargari, I Rasooli… - Microbial …, 2011 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Helicobacter pylori, the causative agent of gastritis and gastric ulcer, plays
a crucial role in development of gastric carcinomas. Antibiotic therapy fails in almost 20% of …

Egg yolk antibody combined with bismuth-based quadruple therapy in Helicobacter pylori infection rescue treatment: a single-center, randomized, controlled study

S Cheng, H Li, J Luo, J Chi, W Zhao, J Lin… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background The increasing antibiotic resistance is the main issue causing Helicobacter
pylori (H. pylori) eradication failure. As a nutritional supplement, Egg Yolk Antibody (Ig Y) …

IgYs: on her majesty's secret service

R Grzywa, A Łupicka-Słowik, M Sieńczyk - Frontiers in Immunology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
There has been an increasing interest in using Immunoglobulin Y (IgY) antibodies as an
alternative to “classical” antimicrobials. Unlike traditional antibiotics, they can be utilized on …

DNA starvation/stationary phase protection protein of Helicobacter pylori as a potential immunodominant antigen for infection detection

K Zhai, Y Gong, L Sun, L He, Z Xue, Y Yang… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Application of chicken egg yolk immunoglobulin Y (IgY) for Helicobacter pylori
(H. pylori, HP) has gained much interest in recent years. Comparing with for treatment, IgY …