Applications of western blot technique: From bench to bedside

Author(s):  
Gholam Hossein Meftahi ◽  
Zahra Bahari ◽  
Ali Zarei Mahmoudabadi ◽  
Maryam Iman ◽  
Zohreh Jangravi
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2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 160 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ping-Chang Yang ◽  
Zhi-Qiang Liu ◽  
Tahrin Mahmood


2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 92-97
Author(s):  
Desy Meta Anggraini ◽  
Ir.H Kusnoto ◽  
Suryanie Sarudji

Worm infections are found in livestock and can be transmitted to humans. Toxocara vitulorum is a worm species which commonly infected people. Cross-reaction among worms can generate false positive to establish helminthiasis diagnosis through antibody inspection. This study aimed to determine specific proteins that caused cross-reaction between Toxocara vitulorum antigen and anti-M. digitatus serum by using the western blot technique. In the present study, the whole worms extracted of T. vitulorum and M. digitatus have been used to make polyclonal antibodies from M. digitatus with Wistar rats as hosts. The cross-reaction between whole worm extract of T. vitulorum protein and anti-M. digitatus serum obtained 12 protein bands that each relative molecular mass (Mr) valued of 176, 124, 92, 68, 59, 47, 31, 29, 26, 16, 12, and 10 kDa. Cross-reaction occurred between T. vitulorum protein and anti-M. digitatus.



1986 ◽  
Vol 32 (5) ◽  
pp. 773-777 ◽  
Author(s):  
P J Howanitz ◽  
J H McBride ◽  
K E Kliewer ◽  
D O Rodgerson

Abstract We tested 146 clinical-laboratory quality-assurance sera for antibodies to human T-lymphotropic virus III (HTLV-III). Of 127 human-based samples, 39 (31%) were positive by an immunoenzymometric assay (IEMA). Samples of human origin that gave IEMA reactivity included four of 10 ethylene glycol-based (liquid) samples, two of six in-house pools of fresh sera, and 32 of 111 lyophilized samples. All 19 bovine-based samples were negative. Antibodies to HTLV-III in 16 samples were remeasured by a second IEMA and the Western blot technique. All assays detected antibody reactivity in four of the 16 samples; however, results of the second IEMA and the Western blot agreed best. We report large discrepancies between assay results when laboratory reagents are tested for HTLV-III antibodies, and find that many quality-assurance samples containing human sera have measurable IEMA reactivity for HTLV-III antibody. Reactivity in these assays indicates the presence of antibody, not viral infectivity.



2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (9) ◽  
pp. 429 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ping-Chang Yang ◽  
Tahrin Mahmood


1989 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 92
Author(s):  
A. Aránega ◽  
A.E. Aránega ◽  
F.J. Gonzalez ◽  
J.E. Fernandez ◽  
A. Linares ◽  
...  
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2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mandy C Elschner ◽  
Holger C Scholz ◽  
Falk Melzer ◽  
Muhammad Saqib ◽  
Peggy Marten ◽  
...  
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1989 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shori Takahashi ◽  
Yasuyuki Noguchi ◽  
Teruo Kitagawa
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2015 ◽  
Vol 93 (8) ◽  
pp. 633-639 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yun-yun Shao ◽  
Jing Huang ◽  
Yan-rong Ma ◽  
Miao Han ◽  
Kang Ma ◽  
...  

Hepatic transporters and drug metabolizing enzymes (DMEs) play important roles in the pharmacological effects and (or) side-effects of many drugs, and are regulated by several mediators, including neurotransmitters. This work aimed to investigate whether serum levels of 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) affected the expression of hepatic transporters or DMEs. The expression of hepatic transporters was assessed using the Western-blot technique in a 2,4,6-trinitrobenzenesulfonic-acid-induced rat model of post-infectious irritable bowel syndrome (PI-IBS), in which serum levels of 5-HT were significantly elevated. To further clarify the underlying mechanism, the 5-HT precursor 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP) and the 5-HT depleting agent parachlorophenylalanine (pCPA) were applied to adjust serum levels of 5-HT. Serum levels of 5-HT were measured using LC-MS/MS; the expression of hepatic transporters, DMEs, and nuclear receptors were examined by Western-blot technique. Our results showed that in PI-IBS rats the expression of multidrug resistance protein 2 (Mrp2) was significantly decreased, while colonic enterochromaffin cell density and serum levels of 5-HT were all significantly increased. Moreover, 5-HTP treatment significantly increased serum levels of 5-HT and decreased the expression of Mrp2 and glycoprotein P (P-gp), whereas treatment with pCPA markedly decreased serum levels of 5-HT and increased the expression of Mrp2 and P-gp. Our results indicated that serum 5-HT regulates the expression of Mrp2 and P-gp, and the underlying mechanism may be related to the altered expression of the nuclear receptor constitutive androstane receptor (CAR).



2018 ◽  
Vol 81 (1) ◽  
pp. e13070 ◽  
Author(s):  
Małgorzata Walentowicz-Sadlecka ◽  
Konrad Dziobek ◽  
Marek Grabiec ◽  
Pawel Sadlecki ◽  
Pawel Walentowicz ◽  
...  


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