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Identification and partial characterization of a parasite antigen in sera from humans infected with Wuchereria bancrofti. 1987

G J Weil, and F Liftis

The purpose of this study was to identify and characterize soluble parasite antigens present in sera from humans infected with the filarial nematode Wuchereria bancrofti. Affinity chromatography and immunoblot methods were used to demonstrate a 200,000 m.w. circulating parasite antigen in sera from infected humans which corresponded to an antigen released by adult W. bancrofti during in vitro culture. Two monoclonal antibodies were produced to this antigen by immunizing mice with antigens from Dirofilaria immitis, a filarial parasite that is closely related to W. bancrofti, and screening cell fusion supernatants by enzyme immunoassay and counterimmunoelectrophoresis inhibition. The antibodies bound to a single repeated epitope (not phosphorylcholine) that was resistant to heat, acid, and protease treatments but sensitive to periodate oxidation. Immunoperoxidase studies showed that the epitope was concentrated in the cuticle and reproductive organs in D. immitis, and it was released in relatively large amounts by adult female D. immitis in vitro. The epitope is also present in antigens of other species of filarial and nonfilarial nematodes, but on the basis of preliminary studies, its presence in human serum appears to be specific for W. bancrofti infection.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007124 Immunoenzyme Techniques Immunologic techniques based on the use of: (1) enzyme-antibody conjugates; (2) enzyme-antigen conjugates; (3) antienzyme antibody followed by its homologous enzyme; or (4) enzyme-antienzyme complexes. These are used histologically for visualizing or labeling tissue specimens. Antibody Enzyme Technique, Unlabeled,Enzyme Immunoassay,Enzyme-Labeled Antibody Technique,Immunoassay, Enzyme,Immunoperoxidase Techniques,Peroxidase-Antiperoxidase Complex Technique,Peroxidase-Labeled Antibody Technique,Antibody Enzyme Technic, Unlabeled,Enzyme-Labeled Antibody Technic,Immunoenzyme Technics,Immunoperoxidase Technics,Peroxidase-Antiperoxidase Complex Technic,Peroxidase-Labeled Antibody Technic,Antibody Technic, Enzyme-Labeled,Antibody Technic, Peroxidase-Labeled,Antibody Technics, Enzyme-Labeled,Antibody Technics, Peroxidase-Labeled,Antibody Technique, Enzyme-Labeled,Antibody Technique, Peroxidase-Labeled,Antibody Techniques, Enzyme-Labeled,Antibody Techniques, Peroxidase-Labeled,Enzyme Immunoassays,Enzyme Labeled Antibody Technic,Enzyme Labeled Antibody Technique,Enzyme-Labeled Antibody Technics,Enzyme-Labeled Antibody Techniques,Immunoassays, Enzyme,Immunoenzyme Technic,Immunoenzyme Technique,Immunoperoxidase Technic,Immunoperoxidase Technique,Peroxidase Antiperoxidase Complex Technic,Peroxidase Antiperoxidase Complex Technique,Peroxidase Labeled Antibody Technic,Peroxidase Labeled Antibody Technique,Peroxidase-Antiperoxidase Complex Technics,Peroxidase-Antiperoxidase Complex Techniques,Peroxidase-Labeled Antibody Technics,Peroxidase-Labeled Antibody Techniques,Technic, Enzyme-Labeled Antibody,Technic, Immunoenzyme,Technic, Immunoperoxidase,Technic, Peroxidase-Antiperoxidase Complex,Technic, Peroxidase-Labeled Antibody,Technics, Enzyme-Labeled Antibody,Technics, Immunoenzyme,Technics, Immunoperoxidase,Technics, Peroxidase-Antiperoxidase Complex,Technics, Peroxidase-Labeled Antibody,Technique, Enzyme-Labeled Antibody,Technique, Immunoenzyme,Technique, Immunoperoxidase,Technique, Peroxidase-Antiperoxidase Complex,Technique, Peroxidase-Labeled Antibody,Techniques, Enzyme-Labeled Antibody,Techniques, Immunoenzyme,Techniques, Immunoperoxidase,Techniques, Peroxidase-Antiperoxidase Complex,Techniques, Peroxidase-Labeled Antibody
D007163 Immunosorbent Techniques Techniques for removal by adsorption and subsequent elution of a specific antibody or antigen using an immunosorbent containing the homologous antigen or antibody. Immunoadsorbent Techniques,Immunoadsorbent Technics,Immunosorbent Technics,Immunoadsorbent Technic,Immunoadsorbent Technique,Immunosorbent Technic,Immunosorbent Technique,Technic, Immunoadsorbent,Technic, Immunosorbent,Technics, Immunoadsorbent,Technics, Immunosorbent,Technique, Immunoadsorbent,Technique, Immunosorbent,Techniques, Immunoadsorbent,Techniques, Immunosorbent
D008970 Molecular Weight The sum of the weight of all the atoms in a molecule. Molecular Weights,Weight, Molecular,Weights, Molecular
D004605 Elephantiasis, Filarial Parasitic infestation of the human lymphatic system by WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI or BRUGIA MALAYI. It is also called lymphatic filariasis. Bancroftian Elephantiasis,Brugian Filariasis,Brugoa malayi Infection,Elephantiasis, Bancroftian,Filarial Elephantiasis,Filariasis, Lymphatic,Lymphatic Filariasis,Wuchereria bancrofti Infection,Bancroftian Filariasis,Elephantiasis, Malayi,Malayi Filariasis,Bancroftian Elephantiases,Bancroftian Filariases,Brugian Filariases,Brugoa malayi Infections,Filarial Elephantiases,Filariasis, Bancroftian,Filariasis, Brugian,Filariasis, Malayi,Infection, Brugoa malayi,Infection, Wuchereria bancrofti,Lymphatic Filariases,Malayi Elephantiases,Malayi Elephantiasis,Malayi Filariases,Wuchereria bancrofti Infections
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000911 Antibodies, Monoclonal Antibodies produced by a single clone of cells. Monoclonal Antibodies,Monoclonal Antibody,Antibody, Monoclonal
D000947 Antigens, Helminth Any part or derivative of a helminth that elicits an immune reaction. The most commonly seen helminth antigens are those of the schistosomes. Helminth Antigens
D014957 Wuchereria A genus of filarial nematodes. Wuchererias
D014958 Wuchereria bancrofti A white threadlike worm which causes elephantiasis, lymphangitis, and chyluria by interfering with the lymphatic circulation. The microfilaria are found in the circulating blood and are carried by mosquitoes. Filaria bancrofti,Filaria sanguinis hominis

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