DNA coding for the core antigen from hepatitis B Virus (HBcAg) was amplified, cloned and propagated in E. coli. The core protein was expressed in E. coli and the product was readily detected by Western blot. This protein can be used as a diagnostic material in serum screening tests. To increase the level of expression of this antigen in bacteria, two plasmids were constructed in which the gene ...

CAR-T cell immunotherapy involves genetically reprogrammed T-lymphocytes that interact with cancer cells and activate an anti-tumor immune response. This therapy has been approved for clinical use hematological cancers, but new challenges have emerged in the treatment of solid tumors. Some include heterogeneity antigen expression found tumors, including antigen-positive non-tumoral cells, inhib...

alkylhydroperoxide reductase (ahpc, the 26 kda antigen) is one of the abundant antioxidant enzymes in helicobacter pylori and seems to have a good potential for use in development of immunoassays to detect h. pylori infection in clinical specimens. this study aimed to investigate some properties of this antigen by the produced monoclonal antibodies. five established hybridoma cell lines secreti...

A tuberculosis vaccine candidate consisting of a 72-kDa polyprotein or fusion protein based upon the Mtb32 and Mtb39 antigens of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and designated Mtb72F was tested for its protective capacity as a potential adjunct to the Mycobacterium bovis BCG vaccine in the mouse and guinea pig models of this disease. Formulation of recombinant Mtb72F (rMtb72F) in an AS02A adjuvant e...

prostate-specific antigen (psa) was purified to homogeneity from human seminal plasma by ion-exchange chromatography on a cm-sephadex c-50 and by gel filtration on a sephacryl s-200 column. a single 33-kda protein band appeared in sds-page. high pressure liquid chromatography (hplc) of the purified protein produced a single peak, while isoelectric focusing demonstrated the presence of five diff...

background: endometriosis is a disease that is hard to diagnose without the gold standard method, laparoscopy. an easier diagnostic method is needed. objective: the aim of the study is to determine whether the number of macrophage cells in the endometrium and/or the detection of nerve fibers can be used in the diagnosis of endometriosis. materials and methods: endometrial sampling was done to 3...

background: recent studies have provided evidence that integrins play roles in recognition of mechanical stimuli and its translation into a cellular response. integrin signaling may be regulated by a number of mechanisms including accessory proteins such as cd98 (4f2 antigen). objectives: to determine cd98 expression by human articular chondrocytes and its involvement in human articular mechano...

background although infection with helicobacter pylori is a global health problem, its prevalence is different among countries. serologic tests for the diagnosis of h. pylori infection are limited by low accuracy rates and lack of validation. recent studies indicate that the stool antigen test has an acceptable level of accuracy. objectives our objective was to investigate the prevalence of h. ...

background: the normal prostate-specific antigen (psa) level in patients with urethral catheterization is a controversy. we designed this study to investigate the effect of nontraumatic urethral catheterization without urinary retention on serum psa. materials and methods: seventy patients scheduled for urethral catheterization before elective surgeries were randomly selected and included in th...