BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Glycoproteins D (gD) and G (gG) of herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) are virus envelope glycoproteins that are able to induce HSV-1 antibody production in infected persons. Therefore, those proteins could be in interest to develop the serodiagnostic test(s) for HSV antibody detection. The aim of present study was the comparison of anti-gD and anti-gG antibodies in HS...

BACKGROUND Histocompatibility testing (HT) which includes donor-recipient human leukocyte antigen (HLA) matching, cross-match testing (XMT) and anti-HLA antibody searching are crucial examinations in solid organ transplantation aiming to avoid the hyperacute graft rejection and also to predict the immunological outcome of the graft. AIMS The aim of this study was to analyse the tissue typing ...

background: hepatitis b is one of the most important etiologic factors of acute and chronic hepatitis, cirrhosis of the liver and hepatocellular carcinoma. the best preventive method is vaccination. the aim of the study was to evaluate the immunization rate against hepatitis b in medical health personnel. materials and methods: this study was conducted on 331 health care workers employed in pub...

Abstract This study aims to determine the most frequent titers of anti-A and anti-B (both presumed immunoglobulin [Ig]M IgG) in Iranian group O blood donors compare these titer values with those found other studies. In addition, alloantibody production plasma levels four IgG subclasses were compared between high-titer non–high-titer groups. investigated 358 samples. Based on results, two groups...

Under the heading of ‘Anti-CCP antibody-positive’, the first line should read ‘HLA-shared epitope-negative’, and the second line should read ‘HLA-shared epitope-positive’. Similarly, under the heading ‘Anti-CCP antibody-negative’, the first line should read ‘HLA-shared epitope-negative’ and the second line should read ‘HLA-shared epitope-positive’. The correct table is given here as Table 1 (a ...

OBJECTIVE To examine the interplay between smoking, serum antibody titers to the Epstein-Barr virus nuclear antigens (anti-EBNA), and HLA-DR15 on multiple sclerosis (MS) risk. METHODS Individual and pooled analyses were conducted among 442 cases and 865 controls from 3 MS case-control studies-a nested case-control study in the Nurses' Health Study/Nurses' Health Study II, the Tasmanian MS Stu...

This study comparatively evaluated the titers of the bacterial agglutination (BA) antibody for Bordetella pertussis, anti-pertussis toxin (PT) antibody, and anti-filamentous hemagglutinin (FHA) antibody in the serum of medical staff members. The geometric means of the anti-PT and anti-FHA antibody titers were 5.83 and 17.17 EU/mL, respectively. The positive rates of the BA antibodies against To...

BACKGROUND/AIMS There is a critical need for more noninvasive biomarkers to identify nephritis in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Recent studies in a model mouse and an adult SLE patient cohort suggest that anti-basement membrane antibody levels correlate well with lupus activity and kidney injury. The purpose of this study was to assess the anti-basement membrane reactivity i...

OBJECTIVES This study aimed to elucidate whether an antibody against oxidized low density lipoprotein (anti-Ox-LDL) could predict short-term coronary artery atherosclerotic lesion progression. BACKGROUND It is still controversial whether higher levels of the anti-Ox-LDL titer are associated with atherosclerotic coronary artery disease. METHODS In 52 patients undergoing coronary angioplasty ...