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S Bernard

Publications and source records attributed to S Bernard.

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PubMed1979

Induction of specific anti-actin antibodies and their measurement by ELISA technique.

Using the ELISA technique we have been able to quantify antibodies directed against actin and to follow the kinetics of antibody production. Specific anti-actin antisera have been raised in rabbits by immunization with chemically modified white muscle rabbit actin. Two or three dinitrophenyl groups linked per actin molecule were sufficient to break natural tolerance, while linkage of three phosphorylcholine groups to actin was not.

Actins↗
PubMed1979

Dictyocaulus viviparus in calves: quantitation of antibody activities in sera and respiratory secretions by immuno-enzymatic analysis.

An enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (Elisa) which is in detail described here has been adapted to trace antibody production in different fluids from infected calves. Seven calves were infected both with Dictyocaulus viviparus, and with several intestinal nematodes. Antibodies against an antigen prepared from Dictyocaulus viviparus adult worms were first detected during the 5th week post-infection, both in serum and nasal secretions, and were also observed in bronchial washings of the same calves slaughtered 53 days post-infection. IgA antibodies were never evident in the serum but were found in limited quantities in nasal secretions. In bronchial washings at slaughtering, a significant part of antibody activity is accounted for by the local IgA production.

Animals↗
PubMed1978

[Autonomic determination of proteins from urine by centrifugal and continuous flow analyses (author's transl)].

A precipitating reagent comprising partially neutralized trichloroacetic acid with magnesium sulfate, sodium dodecyl sulfate and polyethylene glycol is used for automatic determination of proteins from urine by centrifugal analysis and continuous flow analysis. We compare and discuss the results of both methods, their limits of validity and incorporation in an automated laboratory.

Albuminuria↗
PubMed1977

[Analysis of plasma urea by continuous flow method using enzymes].

An automated continuous flow method is described for the assay of plasmatic urea after hydrolysis by urease followed by NH+4 assay with glutamic-deshydrogenase. Precision and accuracy, comparison with chimical diacetyl-monoxim method are studied. The interaction of endogenous NH+4, the cost of the method are calculated.

Autoanalysis↗
PubMed1977

[Automatic dosage of total urinary proteins with centrifugal analyser].

Automatic assay of urinary total proteins on a centrifugal analyser. The assay of urinary proteins is achieved opacimetrically after precipitation by trichloracetic acid. The addition of tensio-active agents lates the initiation of precipitation, helps the formation of a microprecipitate thus hold in suspension. The technique is linear from 0 to 2,5 g/l and for every albumin/globulins ratio between pure albumin and pure globulin.

Albuminuria↗
PubMed1975

Effects of BCG, Corynebacterium parvum, and methanol-extration residue in the reduction of mortality from Staphylococcus aureus and Candida albicans infections in immunosuppressed mice.

An immunosuppressed mouse model was devised to test the effects of immunopotentiators on the prevention of bacterial and fungal infections. The effects of BCG and Corynebacterium were tested against Staphylococcus aureus and Candida albicans infection. The effect of methanol-extraction residue (MER-BCG) was tested against S. aureus septicemia. CDF mice were given various doses of BCG, 1.0 mg of C. parvum, or 0.5 mg of MER intraperitoneally at varying intervals before injection of an intravenous bacterial challenge. Four days before challenge, 300 mg of cyclophosphamide per ml was given intraperitoneally. BCG (106 colony-forming units) reduced mortality due to S.aureus at pretreatment intervals of 3, 7, 14, and 28 days. Isonicotinic acid hydrazide treatment elimated the protective effect of the live BCG. C. parvum was as effective as BCG against S. aureus septicemia when given 3 days before infection, but lost most of its protective effect after that time. MER protected at doses as small as 0.25 mg when given 25 days prior to challenge. Both BCG and C. parvum exerted a protective effect against Candida albicans infection.

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