background/objective: development of a new enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (elisa) for screening human blood serum and plasma for antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (hiv1) and type 2 (hiv2) as hiv1/2rec elisa diagnostic kit based on e. coli derived soluble recombinant proteins.   methods : polypeptides corresponding to hiv1 gp41 and hiv2 gp36 immunodominant regions and hiv1 gag...

introduction: toxoplasma gondii is a protozoan parasite which is globally prevalent in human and animals. toxoplasma infection is commonly asymptomatic, but can cause serious medical problems in immunocompromised individuals and in fetus. recombinant antigens of the parasite may be helpful in diagnosing the infection more precisely. the goal of this study was to construct and evaluate the funct...

ABSTRACT Introduction: Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) is a cancer that starts in lymphocytes. The main treatment for NHL is chemotherapy and radiation. Today immunotherapy is a promising therapeutic approach in the treatment of a variety cancers which is high specific unlike previous methods. Antibodies do not penetrate effectively into tumore tissues because of their large size. Whe...

Mesothelin is a potential new target for cancer immunotherapy because it is present at relatively low levels only in mesothelial cells of pleura, peritoneum, and pericardium of healthy people, but is significantly elevated in a number of tumors, including mesothelioma, ovarian, pancreatic, and lung cancers. However, all currently available antibodies against mesothelin are either murine or chim...

A murine monoclonal antibody (MA-1 2E6A8) was raised against human urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA), which, in an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), reacted 15,000-fold better with recombinant twochain U-PA (rtcu-PA) than with recombinant single-chain U-PA (rscu-PA). The antibody had no effect on the activity of rtcu-PA or on its inhibition by a chloromethylketone, but reduced...

BACKGROUND Genomic, transcriptomic and proteomic projects often suffer from a lack of functional validation creating a strong demand for specific and versatile antibodies. Antibody phage display represents an attractive approach to select rapidly in vitro the equivalent of monoclonal antibodies, like single chain Fv antibodies, in an inexpensive and animal free way. However, so far, recombinant...

The NKG2 family receptors are C-type lectin, type II transmembrane molecules, and play important roles in regulation of natural killer (NK) cell functions against tumor and virus. NKG2F is a new member of NKG2 family, and may possibly associate with DAP 12 to activate NK cells. Since lacking available antibody against human NKG2F, the features of NKG2F expression on NK cells remains unclear. In...

background:the dynamic binding capacity (dbc) of a chromatography matrix in protein purification is the amount of the total protein absorbed into the matrix, before occurrence of a significant break in the breakthrough curve. optimization of the process criteria for maximum dbc avoids extra process scale-up and reduces the processing time, costs and protein loss. taguchi method is a simple usef...

the batch fermentation production of human growth hormone (hgh) was studied in a newrecombinant escherichia coli. the effect of different levels of dissolved oxygen and glucoseconcentration on cell density and substrate utilization were evaluated. the results indicated that theoptimum level of dissolved oxygen was 25% of air saturation. the specific growth rate reached amaximum for an optimal g...