While nucleic acid amplification tests remain the gold-standard for diagnosis of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections, immunological methods can also be used to detect viral antigens or specific antibodies.1-9 Several rapid diagnostic employing antigen detection (Ag-RDTs) are now commercially available. However, there remains limited evidence on utility Ag-RDT...

A circulating antigen, a negatively charged polysaccharide from the trematode Schistosoma mansoni, was noncovalently bound to the surface of poly(L-lysine).coated wells in polystyrene trays, which were then used in a micro-enzymelinked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) test. The method provides an immunodiagnostic test for schistosomiasis of exceptional sensitivity with a high degree of specificity. ...

BACKGROUND Chronic renal damage is associated with inflammatory infiltration, fibrosis and vascular lesion, coupled with increased expression of cyclo-oxygenase 2 (COX-2) and transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-beta1). However, the role of inducible nitric oxide synthase (NOS-2) is still controversial. Thus, we studied the contribution of NOS-2 to the expression levels of COX-2 and TGF-beta1,...

BACKGROUND & AIMS In food allergic individuals, exposure to food allergens by the oral route can trigger immediate (within minutes) local hypersensitivity reactions in the intestine followed by a late-phase inflammatory response. Previous work has shown that CD23 is constitutively expressed by human intestinal epithelial cells and mediates the uptake of allergen-IgE complexes. We hypothesized t...

Group B streptococcus (GBS) causes a complex inflammatory process that involves prostaglandins (PG) and nitric oxide (NO). The goal of this study was to examine the inflammatory response to GBS in the lung and the co-regulation of the PG and NO pathways, if any, both in vitro and in vivo. Sprague Dawley rats were treated with various combinations of GBS, aminoguanidine (AG), a selective inducib...

this study was performed to investigate the effect of ag+ as an elicitor on the activity of antioxidant enzymes, content of h2o2, accumulation of total tocopherol and antioxidant activity in hairy root cultures of silybum marianum (l.) gaertn. the hairy roots were treated with 2 mm ag+. the treated and non-treated hairy roots were harvested in the same time and data on h2o2 content, dpph, tocop...

objective: development of resistance against many of the commonly used antibiotics is an impetus for further efforts to search for new antimicrobial agents. the aim of the study was determined as antibacterial activity of silver nanoparticles produced by plantago ovata seed extract against pseudomonas aeruginosa. methods: all 30 strains of p. aeruginosa wereisolated from isolates of the urinary...

in this study, silver nanoparticles were synthesized by chemical reduction method at different concentrations of ag colloid in the range of 500-16000 ppm. nanoparticles were deposited by spin coating method on pre-etched glass and si substrates. structural, optical and electrical properties of the samples were studied using scanning electron microscopy equipped with edax, uv-vis spectrophotomet...