Elevated serum antibody responses to synthetic mycobacterial lipid antigens among UK farmers: an indication of exposure to environmental mycobacteria?-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Elevated serum antibody responses to synthetic mycobacterial lipid antigens among UK farmers: an indication of exposure to environmental mycobacteria?

Published:2021 Issue:2 Volume:12 Page:213-221
ISSN:2632-8682
Container-title:RSC Medicinal Chemistry
language:en
Short-container-title:RSC Med. Chem.

Author:

Jones Alison¹²³⁴,Davies Carys A.⁵²³⁴,Fitch Samuel⁵²³⁴,Al Dulayymi Juma'a R.¹²³⁴,Gwenin Christopher D.¹²³⁴⁶,Gibbons James¹²³⁴,Williams A. Prysor¹²³⁴,Baird Mark S.⁵²³⁴^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. School of Natural Sciences

2. Bangor University

3. Bangor

4. UK

5. School of Chemistry

6. Department of Chemistry

Abstract

Antibody binding to trehalose mycolates, such as that shown, was evaluated in ELISA. Median responses with the serum of individuals with no known mycobacterial infection were low; some were very high, the majority from Welsh farmers older than 55.

Funder

Llywodraeth Cymru

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

Organic Chemistry,Drug Discovery,Pharmaceutical Science,Pharmacology,Molecular Medicine,Biochemistry

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2021/MD/D0MD00325E

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