title: Monoclonal antibodies against hepatitis B e antigen: production, characterization, and use for diagnosis.
abstract: Five different hybridoma clones secreting anti-HBeAg antibody were constructed by fusing cells of mouse myeloma line SP2/0 with splenocytes from BALB/c mice immunized with recombinant HBeAg. The monoclonal antibodies obtained were characterized immunologically and one was used to develop ELISA for detection of HBeAg and anti-HBeAg antibody. These monoclonal assays enabled the detection of 3 U HBeAg/ml and 1 U anti-HBeAg/ml with reference to standards of the Paul Ehrlich Institute, Frankfurt, F.R.G. Both assays compared well with a commercially available kit (Abbott Laboratory) and were used for detection of HBeAg and anti-HBeAg antibody in clinical serum samples.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular Genetics, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Korec
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Dostálová
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Korcová
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mancal
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: König
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Borisova
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Cibinogen
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pumpen
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gren
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hlozánek
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000276:immunology*; D002460:Cell Line; D006509:Hepatitis B / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006510:Hepatitis B Antibodies / Q000032:analysis*; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens / Q000276:immunology; D006513:Hepatitis B e Antigens / Q000276:immunology*; D006515:Hepatitis B virus / Q000276:immunology*; D006801:Humans; D006825:Hybridomas / Q000276:immunology; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D006510:Hepatitis B Antibodies; D006514:Hepatitis B Surface Antigens; D006513:Hepatitis B e Antigens; D011994:Recombinant Proteins