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ArticleScientific reports2017

Development and validation of scFv-conjugated affinity silk protein for specific detection of carcinoembryonic antigen.

Mitsuru Sato, Hiroshi Kitani, Katsura Kojima

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Mitsuru SatoAnimal Bioregulation Unit, Division of Animal Sciences, Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, 1-2 Owashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8634, Japan. mitsuru.sato@affrc.go.jp.
Hiroshi KitaniAnimal Bioregulation Unit, Division of Animal Sciences, Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, 1-2 Owashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8634, Japan.
Katsura KojimaSilk Materials Research Unit, Division of Biotechnology, Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization, 1-2 Owashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8634, Japan.
Institute of Agrobiological Sciences · JPNational Agriculture and Food Research Organization · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The production costs for monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) utilized in medical diagnostic kits are inevitably high because the MAbs are mostly obtained from hybridoma cell culture. Here, we report the development and validation of a novel affinity silk protein produced by transgenic silkworm technology as a possible alternative diagnostic tool for cancers. We generated a transgenic silkworm expressing a cDNA construct containing fibroin L-chain fused to a single-chain variable fragment (scFv) derived from a MAb against carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA). The transgenic cocoons were dissolved in aqueous lithium bromide solution, applied to 96-well plates, and analysed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The scFv-conjugated affinity silk protein specifically recognized CEA as well as the parental MAb. The binding activity was retained after several months of storage in coated plates or concentrated solution. Thus, the scFv-conjugated affinity silk protein provides a potentially useful alternative to conventional MAbs in medical diagnostic kits.

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AnimalsAnimals, Genetically ModifiedBombyxCarcinoembryonic AntigenHumansMiceProtein BindingReproducibility of ResultsSilkSingle-Chain AntibodiesSolutionsT-LymphocytesCarcinoembryonic AntigenSilkSingle-Chain AntibodiesSolutions

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PMID29167497
PMCPMC5700171
OpenAlexW2768105343

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