Detection of Hepatitis B Core Antigen using a Fusion Bacteriophage

Due to the many reported cases of hepatitis B disease around the world, a keen interest among researches has aroused on the cause of the disease, hepatitis B virus (HBV). One of the serological markers for HBV is hepatitis B core antigen (HBcAg) that is a marker of the infectious material and it...

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Main Author: Hasmoni, Siti Salwa
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spelling my-upm-ir.59232022-02-07T07:34:49Z Detection of Hepatitis B Core Antigen using a Fusion Bacteriophage 2005-09 Hasmoni, Siti Salwa Due to the many reported cases of hepatitis B disease around the world, a keen interest among researches has aroused on the cause of the disease, hepatitis B virus (HBV). One of the serological markers for HBV is hepatitis B core antigen (HBcAg) that is a marker of the infectious material and it is the most accurate index of the viral replication. The importance of the HBcAg especially when considering the close relationship with the viral DNA load has created revolutionary studies on the HBcAg ever since. The HBV nucleocapsid or HBcAg is extremely immunogenic during infection and after immunization. A fusion bacteriophage that interacts with HBcAg has been isolated from a phage display peptide library. The phage interacts tightly to HBcAg and thus has the potential to be further developed as a diagnostic reagent. In this study, two immunoassays have been developed using the fusion bacteriophage to detect HBcAg. Phage-ELISA and phage-dot blot assay could detect not only purified HBcAg but also HBcAg in serum samples. As low as 10 ng of HBcAg can be significantly detected by 1 012 pfulml of fusion phage when the reading at 405 nm was measured (hO= 5 0.4). Using the fusion bacteriophage, these newly developed immunoassays provide an easier and cheaper option for detecting HBcAg. The sensitivity of these immunoassays demonstrates the potential and perhaps vast future uses to detect HBcAg. The fusion phage is also capable of purifying the HBcAg due to its capability to precipitate HBcAg. Hepatitis B 2005-09 Thesis http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/5923/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/5923/4/FBSB_2005_14%20IR.pdf text en public masters Universiti Putra Malaysia Hepatitis B Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomokular Sciences Tan, Wen Siang
institution Universiti Putra Malaysia
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language English
advisor Tan, Wen Siang
topic Hepatitis B


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Hasmoni, Siti Salwa
Detection of Hepatitis B Core Antigen using a Fusion Bacteriophage
description Due to the many reported cases of hepatitis B disease around the world, a keen interest among researches has aroused on the cause of the disease, hepatitis B virus (HBV). One of the serological markers for HBV is hepatitis B core antigen (HBcAg) that is a marker of the infectious material and it is the most accurate index of the viral replication. The importance of the HBcAg especially when considering the close relationship with the viral DNA load has created revolutionary studies on the HBcAg ever since. The HBV nucleocapsid or HBcAg is extremely immunogenic during infection and after immunization. A fusion bacteriophage that interacts with HBcAg has been isolated from a phage display peptide library. The phage interacts tightly to HBcAg and thus has the potential to be further developed as a diagnostic reagent. In this study, two immunoassays have been developed using the fusion bacteriophage to detect HBcAg. Phage-ELISA and phage-dot blot assay could detect not only purified HBcAg but also HBcAg in serum samples. As low as 10 ng of HBcAg can be significantly detected by 1 012 pfulml of fusion phage when the reading at 405 nm was measured (hO= 5 0.4). Using the fusion bacteriophage, these newly developed immunoassays provide an easier and cheaper option for detecting HBcAg. The sensitivity of these immunoassays demonstrates the potential and perhaps vast future uses to detect HBcAg. The fusion phage is also capable of purifying the HBcAg due to its capability to precipitate HBcAg.
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author Hasmoni, Siti Salwa
author_facet Hasmoni, Siti Salwa
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title Detection of Hepatitis B Core Antigen using a Fusion Bacteriophage
title_short Detection of Hepatitis B Core Antigen using a Fusion Bacteriophage
title_full Detection of Hepatitis B Core Antigen using a Fusion Bacteriophage
title_fullStr Detection of Hepatitis B Core Antigen using a Fusion Bacteriophage
title_full_unstemmed Detection of Hepatitis B Core Antigen using a Fusion Bacteriophage
title_sort detection of hepatitis b core antigen using a fusion bacteriophage
granting_institution Universiti Putra Malaysia
granting_department Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomokular Sciences
publishDate 2005
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/5923/4/FBSB_2005_14%20IR.pdf
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