499results about "Immunoglobulins against fungi/algae/lichens" patented technology

A pharmaceutical composition for treating allergy is described. The composition comprises as an active ingredient a recombinant polyclonal antibody or a mixture of different monoclonal antibodies capable of reacting with or binding to an allergen together with one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients. The composition may be used topically as a solution, dispersion, powder, or in the form of microspheres. The polyclonal antibody is preferably a recombinant polyclonal antibody produced by phage display technology. The pairing of specific immunoglobulin variable region light chain and heavy chain maintained from the original polyclonal immune response or selected by panning using the allergen in question is preferably maintained by bulk transfer of the pairs into an expression vector.

This invention relates to the production of polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies to specific sites of rapamycin (Sirolimus). The reactivity of these poly and monoclonal antibodies make them particularly useful for immunoassays for therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM). These immunoassays or TDM kits may include polyclonal or monoclonal antibodies to specific sites of rapamycin. These kits may also include various combinations of polyclonal antibodies, polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies or a panel of monoclonal antibodies. Rapamycin conjugate immunogens are prepared for the immunization of a host animal to produce antibodies directed against specific regions of the rapamycin molecule. By determining the specific binding region of particular antibody, immunoassays which are capable of distinguishing between the parent molecule, active metabolites, inactive metabolites and other structurally similar immunosuppressant compounds are developed. The use of divinyl sulfone (DVS) as the linker arm molecule for forming rapamycin-protein conjugate immunogens is described. DVS-linked rapamycin-protein conjugates were found to elicit antibodies with greater specificity to the rapamycin molecule than succinate linked conjugates.

A Candida albicans bloodstream infections cause significant morbidity and mortality in hospitalized patients. Filament formation and adherence to host cells are critical virulence factors of C. albicans. Multiple filamentation regulatory pathways have been discovered, however the downstream effectors of these regulatory pathways remain unknown. The cell surface proteins in the ALS group are downstream effectors of the filamentation regulatory pathway. Particularly, Als1p mediates adherence to endothelial cells in vitro and is required for virulence. The blocking of adherence by the organism is described resulting from the use of a composition and method disclosed herein. Specifically, a pharmaceutical composition comprised of a gene, gene product, or specific antibody to the ALS gene family is administered as a vaccine to generate an immune response capable of blocking adherence of the organism.

The invention provides a hybridoma cell line 1C11 and an anti-aflatoxin general monoclonal antibody secreted by the same as well as the applications thereof. The hybridoma cell line 1C11 can be used for preparing a high-titer aflatoxin antibody, and a mouse hydroperitoneum antibody is measured to reach 5.12*106 by using an ELISA (Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay). The anti-aflatoxin general monoclonal antibody has high sensitivity, respectively reaches the IC50 (50% inhibiting concentration) of aflatoxin B1, B2, G1 and G2 to be 1.2, 1.3, 2.2 and 18.0 pg/mL, is the antibody with highest sensitivity among currently reported four aflatoxin antibodies, is used for measuring the total aflatoxin amounts, i.e. the total amounts of the aflatoxin B1, B2, G1 and G2 and has great practical application values.

A method for the isolation of CDRs in a defined framework that is stable and soluble in reducing environment is described as well as thus obtainable scFv. Starting from such scFv with defined framework a scFv library can be generated wherein the framework is conserved while at least one complementary determining region (CDR) is randomized. Such library, e.g. in yeast cells, is suitable for screening for antibody/CDR-interactions or for screening for antibodies.

Provided are rapamycin conjugates which are useful as immunogenic molecules for the generation of antibodies specific for rapamycin, for measuring levels of rapamycin or derivatives thereof; for isolating rapamycin binding proteins; and detecting antibodies specific for rapamycin or derivatives thereof. This invention also provides a rapamycin specific monoclonal antibody.

Methods, compositions, and kits are provided for imaging a polypeptide of interest. Methods, compositions, and kits are also provided for site-specific transcriptional regulation of one or more genetic elements.

The invention is directed to recombinant antibodies which bind to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum antigens and comprise a single chain variable fragment (scFv). The antigen may be selected from SSPG1d or a portion thereof, aspartyl protease or a portion thereof, or whole Sclerotinia sclerotiorum mycelium. The invention also provides an antibody linked to an anti-fungal polypeptide. The invention extends to nucleic acid sequences encoding the antibodies, and expression vectors comprising the nucleic acid sequences. The invention is also directed to transgenic plants, seeds, tissues or cells transformed with the expression vectors. Methods for producing a transgenic plant that is resistant to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum, and for detecting Sclerotinia sclerotiorum in a biological sample utilizing an antibody which binds to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum antigen, and immunoassay kit for same are also provided.

This invention relates to methods of increasing the half-life of a viral-specific ligand on a mucosal membrane by modifying the viral-specific ligand to bind the bacteria colonized on the mucosal membrane. The invention also provides a chimeric molecule comprising a viral-specific ligand and a bacterial-specific ligand.

The present invention relates to a hybridoma cell line 3G1 and an anti-alfatoxin B1 monoclonal antibody produced by the hybridoma cell line 3G1. The hybridoma cell line 3G1 (CCTCCNO.C201014) can be used for preparation of a high titer anti-aflatoxin B1 monoclonal antibody, wherein an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) method is adopted to determine a titer, and the titer is 6.40*10<6>. The anti-aflatoxin B1 monoclonal antibody of the present invention has characteristics of high sensitivity and good specificity, wherein 50% inhibiting concentration on aflatoxin B1 by the monoclonal antibody is 1.6 ng/mL, cross reaction rate with aflatoxin B2 is 6.4%, and cross reaction rates with aflatoxin G1 and G2 are less than 1%. In addition, the anti-aflatoxin B1 monoclonal antibody of the present invention can be used for determination of aflatoxin B1.

A method for treating or preventing infections from yeast of the Candida species is provided wherein an immunoglobulin composition containing high titers of antibodies to staphylococcal adhesins ClfA and SdrG is administered in an amount effective to inhibit the growth and progression of Candidial infections. The compositions and methods of the present invention are advantageous in that they can be used to treat both staphylococcal and Candidial infections at the same time, and they are particularly effective in treating or preventing late-onset sepsis in neonates.

The invention provides a hybridoma cell strain 2D3, a monoclonal antibody to zearalenone secreted by the hybridoma cell strain 2D3 and application of the monoclonal antibody. The hybridoma cell strain 2D3 is preserved in China Center for Type Culture Collection with an accession number of CCTCC No. C201328 and can be used for preparation of a high-titer monoclonal antibody to zearalenone. According to detection results of enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), the titer of the monoclonal antibody to zearalenone prepared through purification of mouse ascites can reach 1.5 * 10<5>. The monoclonal antibody to zearalenone has high sensitivity, half maximal inhibitory concentration IC50 of 20 pg/mL to zearalenone and cross reactivity of 4.9%, 3.3% and 3.2% with beta-zearalanel, alpha-zearalanel and beta-zeranol, respectively. The monoclonal antibody to zearalenone can be used for determination of the content of zearalenone.

The invention belongs to the technical field of genetic engineering, and in particular relates to screening of a single-chain antibody against fumonisin and application thereof in immunoassay of fumonisin. The screening method comprises the following steps of: directly setting off from coupled antigen FB1-KLH(keyhole limpet hemocyanin) immunized mouse spleen cells, establishing a single-chain antibody gene library by a molecular cloning method and technology, then screening by a phage display technology, expressing ELISA(enzyme-linked immuno sorbent assay) test, sequencing, and finally obtaining the single-chain antibody against fumonisin named as FB-Mu 1H3 with high affinity and a coding gene thereof. The single-chain antibody can be directly applied to assay of fumonisin after being expressed and purified in a large quantity in escherichia coli, and the applications include assay of fumonisin pollution in field crops, feed, grain or food.

The invention relates to a hybridoma cell strain 4F4 and an antibody thereof. The hybridoma cell strain 4F4 is preserved in China Center for Type Culture Collection on Dec. 27, 2016 with the preservation number of CCTCC NO:C201702. The hybridoma cell strain 4F4 generates an anti-tenuazonic acid monoclonal antibody, specifically detects tenuazonic acid, and is of great significance to detect the tenuazonic acid.

The present disclosure relates to a novel bispecific protein complex and a method of using the complexes to screen for synergistic or novel biological function. The bispecific format is particularly suitable for high-throughput screening because all of its components can be expressed from cells as individual units and the units can be assembled simply by mixing without employing conjugation or coupling chemistry.

A composition including colostrum or a colostrum-derived product and hyperimmune milk (HIM) or a hyperimmune milk-derived product, in amounts sufficient to provide a combined spectrum of pathogen-binding activity against a broad-spectrum of pathogenic organisms.