title: Human monoclonal antibody against ganglioside GD2: use in development of enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the monitoring of anti-GD2 in cancer patients.
abstract: Ganglioside GD2 is expressed on membranes of human melanoma cells and induces antibody responses in patients with melanoma. In this study a new enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was developed for detection of human antibody against GD2. A human IgM monoclonal anti-GD2 antibody was used for development of the assay. The antigen, GD2, was prepared from human brain. Four micrograms of GD2 was required to coat a well in a polystyrene microtiter plate. As little as 10 ng of antibody could be detected. The applicability of the assay for detection of serum anti-GD2 antibody was demonstrated with sera from patients immunized with GD2-positive melanoma cell vaccine.
mesh_terms: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D002460:Cell Line; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D000939:Epitopes / Q000032:analysis; D005732:Gangliosides / Q000032:analysis* / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D007945:Leukemia, Lymphoid; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology*; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex; D000939:Epitopes; D005732:Gangliosides; C019403:ganglioside, GD2