Evidence map›Paper›PMID 31276401›Full record

ArticleBiomacromolecules2019

Generation of a Monoclonal Antibody to Detect Elastin-like Polypeptides.

Aida Kouhi, Zhiyuan Yao, Long Zheng, Zhe Li, Peisheng Hu, Alan L Epstein, J Andrew MacKay

Open access · greenAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Biomacromolecules, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
  2. AI-validated fusion proteins for local inhibition of interleukin-17A.Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society · 2026
    Article
  3. Article
  4. Article
  5. Article
  6. Article
  7. Article
  8. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Aida Kouhi
Zhiyuan Yao
Long Zheng
Zhe Li
Peisheng Hu
Alan L Epstein
University of Southern California · US

Funding

USC/NORRIS COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER (CORE) SUPPORTP30CA014089 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI Fumito Ito · 1985 to 2026
$181.4M
USC RESEARCH CENTER FOR LIVER DISEASES: PILOT PROGRAMSP30DK048522 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI KAPLOWITZ, NEIL · 1995 to 2020
$21.8M
Ophthalmic Therapeutics Engineering CoreP30EY029220 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI Mahnaz Shahidi · 2018 to 2026
$6.5M
Protein-polymer nanomedicine for Sjogren's SyndromeR01EY026635 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI Sarah F Hamm-Alvarez, John Andrew MacKay · 2017 to 2026
$4.6M
Intracellular switching using genetically engineered protein microdomainsR01GM114839 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · PI MACKAY, JOHN ANDREW · 2015 to 2019
$1.9M
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA014089NEI NIH HHS P30 EY029220NEI NIH HHS R01 EY026635NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK048522NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM114839
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The identification and use of antibodies dominate the biologic, clinical diagnostic, and therapeutic landscapes. In particular, antibodies have become essential tools in a variety of protein analytical experiments and to study the disposition of biologic therapeutics. One emerging class of peptide biologics is known as the elastin-like polypeptides (ELPs), which are repetitive protein polymers inspired by human tropoelastin. A major limitation in the clinical translation of ELP biologics has been a lack of a monoclonal antibody (mAb) to characterize their identity during expression. To facilitate these studies, we successfully generated a new mAb that is specific toward ELPs and ELP fusion proteins. A purified antibody was evaluated in an ELISA, western blotting, and immunofluorescence assay. The optimal anti-ELP mAb proved to be highly reactive and specific toward ELPs. Moreover, they were able to detect ELPs with a variety of aliphatic guest residues. ELPs phase-separate in response to heating; furthermore, when incubated at a great excess of ELPs, the anti-ELP mAb partially blocks phase separation. These findings are direct evidence that novel murine mAbs can be raised against purified ELPs. This new reagent will enable purification, experimental detection, and characterization of these biopolymers.

Indexed as

Antibody FormationAnimalsAntibodies, MonoclonalBiopolymersElastinFemaleImmunizationMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMultiple MyelomaPeptidesAntibodies, MonoclonalBiopolymersElastinPeptides

Identifiers

PMID31276401
PMCPMC7219198
OpenAlexW2956057470

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceTDM
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.