Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5031722 | Biosensors and Bioelectronics | 2017 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
Chicken interleukin-4 (ChIL-4), which is released by activated type 2 helper (Th2) cells following their stimulation in vitro, is an important indicator for the study of cell-mediated immunity in chickens after infection or vaccination. In this work, the first ChIL-4 chemiluminescent (CL) immunosensor was developed via the immobilization of monoclonal ChIL-4 antibodies on a nitrogen-doped graphene (NG)-chitosan nanocomposite matrix. NG nanosheets were used for the first time in the CL immunoassay to provide a biocompatible microenvironment for the immobilized capture antibody. The ChIL-4 immunosensor was characterized systematically. The proposed immunosensor displayed a wide linear range from 0.05 to 70 ng mLâ1 and a low detection limit of 0.02 ng mLâ1 at a signal-to-noise ratio of 3. Compared to traditional assay methods, this system was more flexible, simple, rapid, and sensitive. Moreover, this CL immunoassay system had an excellent detection and fabrication reproducibility, a high specificity, an acceptable accuracy, and a high stability. This work enables the specific detection of ChIL-4 and the further study of its role in the immune responses of poultry.
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Authors
Zhanjun Yang, Mimi Lu, Juan Li, Zining Tan, Hua Dai, Xin'an Jiao, Xiaoya Hu,