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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Optical and Power Source Integrated Paper Microfluidic Devices for Point of Care Systems

Venkatraman, Vishak January 2017 (has links)
No description available.
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Quad-Color-FluoroSpot, das Verfahren zur umfassenden Analyse der Kreuzreaktivität DENV-spezifischer B-Zellen auf Einzelzellbasis

Hadjilaou, Alexandros 20 September 2017 (has links)
In dieser Promotionsarbeit wird der Quad-Color FluoroSpot (QCF) vorgestellt, welcher die Bestimmung der Frequenz von DENV-Serotyp-spezifischen und DENV- Serotyp-kreuzreaktiven B-Zellen auf Einzelzellbasis ermöglicht. Das vorgestellte Verfahren erlaubt die umfassende Analyse der spezifischen B-Zellantwort, so wie sie sich während einer primären oder sekundären DENV-Infektion bzw. nach einer Dengueimpfung entwickelt. Außerdem ermöglicht der QCF die Beurteilung, ob die DENV-Serotypspezifität bzw. -kreuzreaktivität von B-Zellen als Surrogatmarker für Immunschutz bei DENV-Infizierten bzw. in Studien, welche Dengueimpfstoff- kandidaten testen, relevant ist. Außerdem kann das Verfahren durch die Anpassung des verwendeten Antigens auch zur Beurteilung der B-Zellantwort, so wie sie sich nach einer Infektion mit anderen Erregern wie HIV oder Influenzavirus entwickelt, Anwendung finden. / Dengue is a major public health problem globally. It is caused by four antigenically distinct serotypes of dengue virus (DENV1-4), and although serotype-specific and strongly neutralizing cross-reactive immune responses against the four DENV serotypes are thought to be protective, subneutralizing Abs can contribute to increased disease severity upon secondary infection with a different DENV serotype. Understanding the breadth of the immune response in natural DENV infections and in vaccinees is crucial for determining the correlates of protection or disease severity. Transformation of B cell populations to generate mAbs and ELISPOT assays have been used to determine B cell and Ab specificity to DENV; however, both methods have technical limitations. We therefore modified the conventional ELISPOT to develop a Quad-Color FluoroSpot to provide a means of examining B cell/Ab serotype specificity and cross-reactivity on a single-cell basis. Abs secreted by B cells are captured by an Fc-specific Ab on a filter plate. Subsequently, standardized concentrations of all four DENV serotypes are added to allow equal stoichiometry for Ag binding. After washing, the spots, representing individual B cells, are visualized using four fluorescently labeled DENV serotype-specific detection mAbs. This method can be used to better understand the breadth and magnitude of B cell responses following primary and secondary DENV infection or vaccination and their role as immune correlates of protection from subsequent DENV infections. Furthermore, the Quad-Color FluoroSpot assay can be applied to other diseases caused by multiple pathogen serotypes in which determining the serotype or subtype-specific B cell response is important.

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