blood serum containing antibodies against a specific antigen, used to treat or provide immunity to a disease
Examples of 'antisera' in a sentence
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All antisera could bind to renin in vitro.
Zhihua Qiu, Xiao Chen, Yanzhao Zhou, Jibin Lin, Dan Ding, Shijun Yang, Fen Chen, MinWang, Feng Zhu, Xian Yu, Zihua Zhou, Yuhua Liao 2013, 'Therapeutic Vaccines against Human and Rat Renin in Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats',PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0066420. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
These interactions can be specifically blocked by the corresponding polyclonal antisera.
Anne Gründel, Kathleen Friedrich, Melanie Pfeiffer, Enno Jacobs, Roger Dumke 2015, 'Subunits of the Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Cluster of Mycoplasma pneumoniae Are Surface-DisplayedProteins that Bind and Activate Human Plasminogen', PLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0126600. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
39 antisera and antibodies, including 35 for transcripts identified from gene expression profiling, were evaluated.
Ljunberg Börje, Zhao Hongjuan, Higgins John PT, Williams Ariel A, Brooks James D 2009, 'CD 9 and vimentin distinguish clear cell from chromophobe renal cell carcinoma', BMC Clinical Pathologyhttp://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6890/9/9. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The recovery of specific activity for these antisera were 88.8%, 77.7%, 100% and 36,5%, respectively.
Rosalvo GUIDOLIN, Josefina Farina MORAIS, Marco Antonio STEPHANO, José Roberto MARCELINO,Ivone Kazuko YAMAGUCHI, Hisako Gondo HIGASHI 1997, 'Effect of b-Propiolactone treatment on the complement activationmediated by equine antisera', Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulohttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46651997000200010. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Target capture was mediated by polyclonal antisera, whereas monoclonal antibodies were used for signal generation.
David F. Waller, Brian E. Hew, Charlie Holdaway, Michael Jen, Gabriel D. Peckham 2016, 'Rapid Detection of Bacillus anthracis Spores Using Immunomagnetic Separation and Amperometry',Biosensorshttp://www.mdpi.com/2079-6374/6/4/61. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Indeed, commercial antisera to detect human immunoglobulins showed weak cross-reactivity to different antibody types.
Carla Donadoni, Cinzia Bisighini, Lorenza Scotti, Lorenzo Diomede, Marie Ngyen, JaninNouhin, Lucia DeSantis, Antonella Zambon, Davide Ferrari, Giulia Gallotta, GiovanniCorrao, Gianfranco Pancino, Lucia Lopalco 2010, 'Setting of methods for analysis of mucosal antibodies in seminal and vaginal fluidsof HIV seropositive subjects from Cambodian and Italian cohorts.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2847913?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Immunoblot using specific antisera and homologous exoantigen investigated the humoral response.
Paula Portella Della Terra, Anderson Messias Rodrigues, Geisa Ferreira Fernandes,Angela Satie Nishikaku, Eva Burger, Zoilo Pires de Camargo 2017, 'Exploring virulence and immunogenicity in the emerging pathogen Sporothrix brasiliensis.',PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseaseshttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5595342?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The following antisera were tested: human, avian, equine, rodent, and opossum.
Margarete Martins dos Santos Afonso, Almério Castro Gomes, Cláudio Roberto ValenteMeneses, Elizabeth Ferreira Rangel 2005, 'Studies on the feeding habits of Lutzomyia (N.) intermedia (Diptera, Psychodidae),vector of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Brazil Estudos sobre os hábitos alimentares deLutzomyia (N.) intermedia (Diptera, Psychodidae), vetor de leishmaniose cutânea noBrasil', Cadernos de Saúde Públicahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2005000600030. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Three new flagellin genes were identified, for which specific antisera were obtained.
Cláudia de Moura, Monique Ribeiro Tiba, Marcio José da Silva, Domingos da Silva Leite 2013, 'Identification of new flagellin-encoding fliC genes in Escherichia coli isolated fromdomestic animals using RFLP-PCR and sequencing methods Identificação de novas flagelinascodificadas por fliC em Escherichia coli isoladas de animais domésticos utilizandoRFLP-PCR e sequenciamento', Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileirahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-736X2013000400001. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)