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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2023

Use of Epivolve phage display to generate a monoclonal antibody with opsonic activity directed against a subdominant epitope on extracellular loop 4 of

Mary R Ferguson, Kristina N Delgado, Shannon McBride, Isabel C Orbe, Carson J La Vake, Melissa J Caimano, Qiana Mendez, Trevor F Moraes, Anthony B Schryvers, M Anthony Moody and 3 more

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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20 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.

Mary R FergusonDepartment of Molecular Sciences, Abbratech, Branford, CT, United States.
Kristina N DelgadoDepartment of Medicine, UConn Health, Farmington, CT, United States.
Shannon McBrideResearch and Development Abcam, Branford, CT, United States.
Isabel C OrbeDepartment of Pediatrics, UConn Health, Farmington, CT, United States.
Carson J La VakeDepartment of Pediatrics, UConn Health, Farmington, CT, United States.
Melissa J CaimanoDepartment of Medicine, UConn Health, Farmington, CT, United States.
Qiana MendezDepartment of Molecular Sciences, Abbratech, Branford, CT, United States.
Trevor F MoraesDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Anthony B SchryversDepartment of Microbiology, Immunology and Infectious Diseases, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
M Anthony MoodyDuke Human Vaccine Institute, Durham, NC, United States.
Justin D RadolfDepartment of Medicine, UConn Health, Farmington, CT, United States.
Michael P WeinerDepartment of Molecular Sciences, Abbratech, Branford, CT, United States.
Kelly L HawleyDepartment of Medicine, UConn Health, Farmington, CT, United States.
UConn Health · USAbcam (United States) · USConnecticut Children's Medical Center · USDuke University Hospital · USUniversity of Calgary · CAUniversity of Toronto · CA

Funding

Prevalence of syphilis and other sexually transmitted infections in men and transgender women who have sex with men in Cali, ColombiaU19AI144177 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCH OF MED/DNT · PI MOODY, MICHAEL ANTHONY, RADOLF, JUSTIN D · 2019 to 2023
$11.2M
Platform for the High Throughput Generation and Validation of Affinity ReagentsR44GM148998 · NIGMS · ABBRATECH, INC. · PI WEINER, MICHAEL P · 2023 to 2024
$2.2M
Method for the validation by Western analysis of affinity reagents against post-translationally modified proteins. I. survey of existing antibodies, and II. development of method improvementsR43GM146473 · NIGMS · ABBRATECH, INC. · PI WEINER, MICHAEL P · 2022 to 2022
$339k
NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI144177NIGMS NIH HHS R43 GM146473NIGMS NIH HHS R44 GM148998
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: Syphilis, a sexually transmitted infection caused by the spirochete Methods: Three overlapping BamA ECL4 peptides and a two-stage, phage display strategy, termed "Epivolve" (for epitope evolution) were employed to generate single-chain variable fragments (scFvs). Additionally, antisera generated by immunizing mice and rabbits with BamA ECL4 displayed by a Results: Each of the five mAbs demonstrated reactivity by immunoblotting and ELISA to nanogram amounts of Discussion: Epivolve produced mAbs target subdominant opsonic epitopes in BamA ECL4, a top syphilis vaccine candidate. The murine opsonophagocytosis assay can serve as an alternative model to investigate the opsonic potential of vaccinogens. Detailed characterization of BamA ECL4-specific Abs provided a means to dissect Ab responses elicited by

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BacteriophagesSyphilisAnimalsAntibodies, MonoclonalEpitopesImmune SeraMiceRabbitsTreponema pallidumAntibodies, MonoclonalEpitopesImmune SeraBamA ECL4monoclonal antibodyopsonic antibodyouter membrane proteinPyrococcus furiosus thioredoxinsubdominant epitopesyphilisTreponema pallidum

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PMID37675118
PMCPMC10478084
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