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ArticleVaccine2011

Comparative evaluation of the antibody in lymphocyte supernatant (ALS) and enzyme-linked immunospot (ELISPOT) assays for measuring mucosal immune responses to Shigella antigens.

Andrea J Feller, Robin McKenzie, David N Taylor, Colleen C Woods, Shannon L Grahek, Dilara Islam, Malabi M Venkatesan, Thomas L Hale, August L Bourgeois

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Article in Vaccine, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Andrea J FellerDepartment of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA. afeller@jhsph.edu
Robin McKenzie
David N Taylor
Colleen C Woods
Shannon L Grahek
Dilara Islam
Malabi M Venkatesan
Thomas L Hale
August L Bourgeois
Johns Hopkins University · USWalter Reed Army Institute of Research · USArmed Forces Research Institute of Medical Science · THJohns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center · US

Funding

ZINC AND CA EDTA THERAPY OF PLUMBISMM01RR000052 · NCRR · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI BELCHER, HAROLYN MILLICENT EDITH · 1985 to 2007
$37.3M
CLINICAL TRIALS TRAINING PROGRAM IN VISION RESEARCHT32EY007127 · NEI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI MEINERT, CURTIS L · 1991 to 2010
$4.7M
NCRR NIH HHS M01 RR000052NCRR NIH HHS M01-RR00052NEI NIH HHS EY07127NEI NIH HHS T32 EY007127
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Accurately assessing mucosal immune responses to candidate vaccines remains a technical challenge. ELISPOT is widely used as a surrogate of mucosal immune response by directly enumerating circulating antibody secreting cells (ASCs), while antibody in lymphocyte supernatant (ALS) titers the total amount of antibody secreted by ASC ex vivo using ELISA. ALS is more practical than ELISPOT because the ASC supernatant is frozen for ELISA that can be conducted at any time, with any antigen, and in any laboratory. We compared IgA and IgG responses to serotype-specific Shigella LPS using ELISPOT and ALS in subjects following vaccination or infection with Shigella. ALS results correlated well with ELISPOT results, and the ALS method was both sensitive and specific for the detection of antibody responses against Shigella LPS. Based on these observations, the ALS assay is a practical and flexible alternative to ELISPOT for measuring mucosal IgA responses to Shigella LPS antigen.

Indexed as

Immunity, MucosalAntibodies, BacterialAntigens, BacterialClinical Laboratory TechniquesHumansImmunoenzyme TechniquesImmunoglobulin AImmunoglobulin GLymphocytesShigellaAntibodies, BacterialAntigens, BacterialImmunoglobulin AImmunoglobulin G

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PMID21939714
PMCPMC3216048
OpenAlexW2004383817

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