Sensitive NMR sensors detect antibodies to influenza
Sensitive NMR sensors detect antibodies to influenza
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DOI:
10.1002/anie.200800069
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发表时间:
2008-01-01
影响因子:
16.6
通讯作者:
Josephson, Lee
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作者:
Koh, Isaac;Hong, Rid;Josephson, Lee
Point of care (POC) sensors for the determination of immune status are an important part of the preparation for possible pandemics such as that created by avian influenza.[1, 2] NMR based magnetic relaxation switches (MRSw's) are attractive for this application because they are indifferent to light and involve no immobilization of materials on vessel walls.[3] MR relaxometers are practical as POC sensors since their requirements for magnetic field strength, volume and homogeneity are minimal.[4-6]To date, MRSw's have used magnetic nanoparticles (NPs) that react with molecular targets to aggregate and decrease T2. Although MRSw's detect highly multivalent viruses or bacteria with high sensitivity,[7, 8] their sensitivity for proteins is far lower.[9, 10] Our goal was to improve the sensitivity of MRSw sensors for divalent antibodies, so the immune status of birds or humans might eventually be determined using a POC MR relaxometer. A monoclonal antibody recognizing the Tag peptide from a hemagglutinin of a human influenza virus was used as a target to assess strategies for improving MRSw sensitivity.