Title
Use of ELISpot assay to study HBs-specific B cell responses in vaccinated and HBV infected humans
UMMS Affiliation
Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine
Publication Date
2018-02-16
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Immunology of Infectious Disease | Immunoprophylaxis and Therapy | Microbial Physiology | Virology | Virus Diseases
Abstract
Hepatitis B surface antibody (HBsAb) plays a critical role in protecting against infection of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and were extensively studied in literature. At the same time, the status of hepatitis B surface antigen (HBs)-specific B cells in both vaccinated and HBV infected people received limited attention. In the current study, we adopted a highly specific B-cell Enzyme Linked ImmunoSpot (ELISpot) assay to analyze HBs-specific B cells in various clinical settings: healthy individuals with the history of HBV vaccination before and after receiving an extra HBV vaccine boost, people chronically infected with HBV (CHB) in various clinical stages, with or without a particular type anti-viral treatment, or whether receiving a dose of HBV vaccine. In all of these cases, B-cell ELISpot assay was used effectively in enumerating the frequency of HBs-specific B cells. While the focus of the current report was to establish the utility of this assay for HBV research, a number of interesting observations were made in this pilot study based on the profiles and dynamics of HBs-specific B cells in various conditions. Such information is useful to guide the future work in designing novel therapeutic strategies against CHB.
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DOI of Published Version
10.1038/s41426-018-0034-0
Source
Emerg Microbes Infect. 2018 Feb 16;7(1):16. doi: 10.1038/s41426-018-0034-0. Link to article on publisher's site
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Emerging microbes and infections
Related Resources
PubMed ID
29449582
Repository Citation
Tian, Chen; Chen, Yuxin; Liu, Yong; Wang, Shixia; Li, Yang; Wang, Guiyang; Xia, Juan; Zhao, Xiang-An; Huang, Rui; Lu, Shan; and Wu, Chao, "Use of ELISpot assay to study HBs-specific B cell responses in vaccinated and HBV infected humans" (2018). Open Access Articles. 3394.
https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/oapubs/3394
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