In a one-stage, interleukin-2 (IL-2), limiting-dilution analysis, peripheral blood mononuclear cells from patients with uveitis and normal control subjects were assayed for S-antigen specific, tetanus-specific, and in vivo activated helper T cells. Controls subjects consistently demonstrated tetanus-specific responses, but neither in vivo activation nor S-antigen specific helper T cell response...

Abstract Objective: Multiparameter flow cytometry is widely and routinely used in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) diagnosis the residual disease detection monitoring. We have developed a single-tube, 20-color panel for AML analysis that uses Cytek® spectral cytometer with increased reagent sample efficiency. Methods: Blood bone marrow samples were stained panel, acquired, analyzed using SpectroFlo...

Monoclonal antibodies were generated from mice immunized with scolex protein antigen of Cysticercus cellulosae. Three monoclonal antibodies specific for cysticercal antigens, which did not show any cross-reactivity with Taenia solium or Taenia saginata antigens, were selected. Each monoclonal antibody coupled to Sepharose could purify one antigen, which appeared as a single band on polyacrylami...

Parallelism is an essential experiment characterizing relative accuracy for a ligand-binding assay (LBA). By assessing the effects of dilution on the quantitation of endogenous analyte(s) in matrix, selectivity, matrix effects, minimum required dilution, endogenous levels of healthy and diseased populations and the LLOQ are assessed in a single experiment. This review compares and discusses all...

We describe the development and validation of a one-step nonradioactive immunoassay for free thyroxine (Amerlite-MAB FT4) in serum or plasma, in the dedicated Amerlite enhanced luminescence assay system. A monoclonal antibody to thyroxine (T4), conjugated with horseradish peroxidase (HRP; EC 1.11.1.7), competes for binding with FT4 or with a conjugate of a protein and L-triiodothyronine immobil...

A simple, rapid method, based on the Oudin single diffusion technique, is described for the quantitative assay of staphylococcal enterotoxin B. The method yields reproducible results without close control of such assay variables as temperature, antiserum dilution, and assay time, provided that the ionic strength is maintained above 0.2 n sodium chloride equivalent.

One hundred strains of Prototheca zopfii, Prototheca wickerhamii, Prototheca moriformis, Prototheca stagnora, and Prototheca ulmnea; five strains of Chlorella protothecoides; and two strains of Candida albicans were obtained from a number of different clinical and environmental sources and were tested for their in vitro susceptibility to the antibacterial agent gentamicin. All Prototheca strain...

A major problem for the effective diagnosis and management of prion diseases is the lack of rapid high-throughput assays to measure low levels of prions. Such measurements have typically required prolonged bioassays in animals. Highly sensitive, but generally non-quantitative, prion detection methods have been developed based on prions' ability to seed the conversion of normally soluble proteas...

Plant analysis is a very promising diagnostic tool for assessment of crop nitrogen (N) requirements in perspectives of cost effective and environment friendly agriculture. Diagnosing N nutritional status of rice crop through plant analysis will give insights into optimizing N requirements of future crops. The present study was aimed to develop a new methodology for determining the critical nitr...