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Western blotting

[′wes·tərn ‚bläd·iŋ]
(cell and molecular biology)
A protein detection technique in which proteins are separated by one- or two-dimensional gel electrophoresis, transferred (blotted) to a nitrocellulose sheet, and then treated with radioactive antibodies (or antibodies coupled to a fluorescent dye or an easily detectable enzyme) that are specific to the protein of interest.
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When the Bartonella IgXSpot test is combined with Bartonella Western Blots, FISH and PCR testing, one can obtain information on the full spectrum of the patient's immune response to the infection and stage of the disease.
He and his team reviewed 60 cases of acute, isolated monoarthritis culled from more than 700 children who presented with joint complaints from 2011 to 2016; 47 had Lyme arthritis confirmed by western blot; 13 had septic arthritis.
In order to evaluate whether NP cells also express the PPAR[gamma] and the role of high glucose on PPAR[gamma] expression, Real-Time PCR and western blot were used.
To induce the formation of OxiDJ-1 in cells, HEK293T cells were treated with [H.sub.2][O.sub.2] for the indicated times and OxiDJ-1 levels of both the cell lysates and culture media were measured by both Western blot and ELISA.
Since all other targeted peptides are found in high abundance, in view of the Western blot results (Fig.
Bennett, who heads the Retrovirology Unit of the Florida Bureau of Public Health Laboratories (FBPHL) in Jacksonville, noticed that more specimens were producing repeatedly reactive results on initial screening but negative or indeterminate results on the Western blot. A fair number of those specimens came from people with high-risk lifestyles, such as men having unprotected sex with men, or IV drug abusers.
McCleary claims the Western blot test is faulty because the CDC is not using two "most Lyme specific'' bands (31 kDa and 34 kDa) in its test.
SpeedBlot (His) is equally suitable for Western Blot assays and Dot or Slot Blot assays.
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