Antigenic protein fractions reacting with sera of sparganosis patients
The Korean Journal of Parasitology
;
: 163-167, 1988.
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in English
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| ID: wpr-126798
ABSTRACT
To observe the antigenic protein fractions in saline extract of Spirometra mansoni plerocercoid (sparganum), the crude extract was separated in reducing conditions of sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis(SDS-PAGE). The proteins, transferred by electrophoresis to nitrocellulose paper, were reacted with sera from 15 surgically confirmed sparganosis and 24 cysticercosis patients for immunoblotting. Out of 30 identified protein bands in the extract, bands of 29 and 36 kilodaltons (kDa) were the strongest and the most frequently reacting with specific antibody (IgG) in sparganosis sera. Bands of higher molecular weight also reacted with the sera but their frequency of reactions was lower. Sera of cysticercosis reacted with different protein bands in saline extract of sparganum, but the cross reactions were observed in strong antigenic bands of 29 and 36 kDa.
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Main subject:
Sparganum
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Proteins
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Sparganosis
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Allergy and Immunology
/
Antigens
Language:
English
Journal:
The Korean Journal of Parasitology
Year:
1988
Type:
Article
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