Volume 4, Number 4A, April 2013 (Special Issue on Antibody Research)

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Detection of cardiac myosin binding protein-C (cMyBP-C) by a phospho-specific PKD antibody in contracting rat cardiomyocytes

Ellen Dirkx, Freek G. Bouwman, Didier Vertommen, Edwin C. Mariman, Sakthivel Sadayappan, Jan F. C. Glatz, Joost J. F. P. Luiken, Guillaume J. van Eys

Abstract | References PDF (1650KB), PP. 1-6, Pub. Date: April 29, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/abb.2013.44A001, Downloads: 258 Google Scholar

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Monoclonal antibody technology applied to the detection of Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts in human and cattle fecal samples

Vera Codices, Olga Matos, Carlos Novo

Abstract | References PDF (646KB), PP. 7-16, Pub. Date: April 29, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/abb.2013.44A002, Downloads: 550 Google Scholar

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Review Paper

Antibody research targeting Cathepsin S for cancer therapy

Hang Fai Kwok

Abstract | References PDF (43KB), PP. 17-20, Pub. Date: April 29, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/abb.2013.44A003, Downloads: 176 Google Scholar

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Fc receptors: Cell activators of antibody functions

Carlos Rosales, Eileen Uribe-Querol

Abstract | References PDF (495KB), PP. 21-33, Pub. Date: April 29, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/abb.2013.44A004, Downloads: 147 Google Scholar

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New era in cancer immunotherapy: Twenty years to the discovery of monoclonal antibodies harnessing the immune system to eradicate tumors

Britta Hardy, Annat Raiter

Abstract | References PDF (88KB), PP. 34-37, Pub. Date: April 29, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/abb.2013.44A005, Downloads: 118 Google Scholar

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Review Paper

Recombinant IgM expression in mammalian cells: A target protein challenging biotechnological production

Alexander Mader, Veronika Chromikova, Renate Kunert

Abstract | References PDF (163KB), PP. 38-43, Pub. Date: April 30, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/abb.2013.44A006, Downloads: 128 Google Scholar

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Reduced expression of COMT in placenta correlates with term preeclampsia

Baoling Lai, Chenhong Wang, Lu Zhou, Jie Wang, Huifen Wu

Abstract | References PDF (730KB), PP. 44-49, Pub. Date: April 30, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/abb.2013.44A007, Downloads: 105 Google Scholar

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Monoclonal antibody and its use in the diagnosis of livestock diseases

Rajib Deb, Sandip Chakraborty, Belamaranahlly Veeregowda, Amit Kumar Verma, Ruchi Tiwari, Kuldeep Dhama

Abstract | References PDF (129KB), PP. 50-62, Pub. Date: April 30, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/abb.2013.44A008, Downloads: 161 Google Scholar

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Combination of specific monoclonal antibodies allow identification of soluble aggregates of by sandwich ELISA

Takenori Shimizu, Kazuaki Yoshimune, Tomoe Komoriya, Takahiro Akiyama, Xujun Ye, Hideki Kohno

Abstract | References PDF (199KB), PP. 63-66, Pub. Date: April 30, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/abb.2013.44A009, Downloads: 108 Google Scholar

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Theory of affinity maturation of antibodies

Udo Riss

Abstract | References PDF (289KB), PP. 67-72, Pub. Date: April 30, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/abb.2013.44A010, Downloads: 149 Google Scholar

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Review Paper

Strategies to stabilize compact folding and minimize aggregation of antibody-based fragments

Diana Gil, Adam G. Schrum

Abstract | References PDF (503KB), PP. 73-84, Pub. Date: April 30, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/abb.2013.44A011, Downloads: 141 Google Scholar

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VACCINATION of Atlantic salmon leads to long-lasting higher levels of serum immunoglobulin and possible skewed ratios of two distinct IgM isotypes

Atif Kamil, Per Gunnar Fjelldal, Tom Hansen, Arnt Raae, Erling Olaf Koppang, Ivar Hordvik

Abstract | References PDF (225KB), PP. 85-90, Pub. Date: April 30, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/abb.2013.44A012, Downloads: 150 Google Scholar

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Immune system as a new therapeutic target for antibiotics

Brygida Kwiatkowska, Maria Maslinska, Malgorzata Przygodzka, Joanna Dmowska-Chalaba, Justyna Dabrowska, Katarzyna Sikorska-Siudek

Abstract | References PDF (660KB), PP. 91-101, Pub. Date: April 30, 2013

DOI: 10.4236/abb.2013.44A013, Downloads: 177 Google Scholar