Pre-treatment of canine plasma with heat, rather than acid, efficiently enhances Dirofilaria immitis antigen detection

DFB Murillo, C Wang - Parasites & Vectors, 2023 - Springer
Background The dissociation of antigen-antibody complexes has been utilized to enhance
the accuracy of serological tests for infectious diseases, including Dirofilaria immitis …

An overview on leishmaniasis

V Kumar, M Madhu, K Murti - Viral, Parasitic, Bacterial, and Fungal …, 2023 - Elsevier
Leishmaniasis is a parasitic vector-borne illness caused by a Leishmania genus parasite.
The illness is spread by the bite of female sandflies. The main manifestations of …

Validation of immune complex dissociation methods for use with heartworm antigen tests

MJ Beall, A Arguello-Marin, J Drexel, J Liu… - Parasites & vectors, 2017 - Springer
Background Antigen testing is routinely used to diagnose canine Dirofilaria immitis
infections. Immune complex dissociation (ICD) methods, which were employed in the …

Evaluation of heat-treating heartworm-positive canine serum samples during treatment with Advantage Multi® for Dogs and doxycycline

MD Savadelis, JL Roveto, CM Ohmes, JA Hostetler… - Parasites & vectors, 2018 - Springer
Background The use of heat-treatment in canine and feline serum has been hypothesized to
break the formation of antigen-antibody complexes, thereby freeing the heartworm antigen …

Induction of an effective anti-Amyloid-β humoral response in aged mice

T Illouz, R Madar, T Hirsh, A Biragyn, E Okun - Vaccine, 2021 - Elsevier
Aging-related decline in immune functions, termed immunosenescence, is a primary cause
of reduced protective responses to vaccines in the elderly, due to impaired induction of …

Antibody and B cell subset perturbations in human immunodeficiency virus-uninfected patients with cryptococcosis

S Rohatgi, A Nakouzi, LJ Carreño… - Open forum …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The importance of antibody immunity in protection against Cryptococcus neoformans
remains unresolved. We measured serum C neoformans-specific and total antibody levels …

A novel colorimetric immunosensor based on platinum colloid nanoparticles immobilized on PowerVision as signal probes and Fe3O4@β‐cyclodextrin as capture …

Y Sun, T Fu, S Chen, Z Wu, Y Guo… - Journal of the …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background A novel colorimetric immunosensor was developed for the simple, sensitive and
selective detection of ractopamine (RAC) based on using β‐cyclodextrin‐modified Fe3O4 …

A QCM immunosensor to rapidly detect ractopamine using bio-polymer conjugate and magnetic β-cyclodextrins

S Chen, D Pan, N Gan, D Wang, Y Zhu, T Li… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2015 - Elsevier
An enzyme-amplified magnetic immunosensor was developed for the sensitive and
selective detection of ractopamine (RAC) in fodder using a quartz crystal microbalance …

Structural and functional characterization of a novel scFv anti-HSP60 of Strongyloides sp.

MA Levenhagen, F de Almeida Araújo Santos… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Phage display is a powerful technology that selects specific proteins or peptides to a target.
We have used Phage Display to select scFv (single-chain variable fragment) clones from a …

Understanding hypergammaglobulinemia in experimental or natural visceral leishmaniasis

CA de Carvalho, RM Hiramoto, LR Meireles… - Parasite …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Nonspecific hypergammaglobulinemia (HGG) occurs in symptomatic human visceral
leishmaniasis (VL) caused by LL infantum. This study assessed this finding in experimental …