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ArticleImmunology1988

Characterization of a monoclonal antibody against infective larvae of Brugia malayi.

P B Parab, G R Rajasekariah, R Chandrashekar, S S Alkan, D G Braun, D Subrahmanyam

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Article in Immunology, 1988. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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6 authors.

P B ParabPharma Department, Research Centre, HINDUSTAN CIBA-GEIGY Ltd, Bombay, India.
G R Rajasekariah
R Chandrashekar
S S Alkan
D G Braun
D Subrahmanyam

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Monoclonal antibodies were produced following immunization of mice with live infective larvae of Brugia malayi. One of these, 46.08.76, is an antibody that promotes adherence of mouse peritoneal macrophages and human peripheral blood leucocytes to the infective larvae of B. malayi and Wuchereria bancrofti, respectively, and kills them. Fresh normal serum, as a source of complement, augments this effect. The same monoclonal antibody conferred 89% protection to jirds (Meriones unguiculatus) against challenge infection of B. malayi stage-three larvae. This monoclonal antibody recognizes antigens of 80,000, 67,000, 52,000 and 36,000 MW proteins present among the antigens of larvae, as detected by an immunoblotting technique. The antibody also reacts with antigens of infective larvae of Litomosoides carinii, Dipetalonema viteae and B. pahangi, but to a smaller extent.

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AnimalsAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibody-Dependent Cell CytotoxicityAntibody SpecificityAntigens, HelminthBrugiaCross ReactionsFilariasisGerbillinaeImmunization, PassiveMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMicrofilariaeMolecular WeightAntibodies, MonoclonalAntigens, Helminth

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PMID3384450
PMCPMC1385203

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