Contents of Kit
1. Microtiterplate: 12 break-apart 8-well snap-off strips coated with Adenovirus antigens; in resealable aluminium foil.
2. IgM Sample Dilution Buffer: 1 bottle containing 100 mL of phosphate buffer (10 mM) for sample dilution; pH 7.2 ± 0.2; anti-human IgG (RF Absorbent); coloured green; ready to use; white cap; ≤ 0.0015% (v/v) CMIT/ MIT (3:1).
3. Stop Solution: 1 bottle containing 15 mL sulphuric acid, 0.2 mol/L; ready to use; red cap.
4. 20× Washing Buffer (20× conc.): 1 bottle containing 50 mL of a 20-fold concentrated phosphate buffer (0.2 M), pH 7.2 ± 0.2, for washing the wells; white cap.
5. Conjugate: 1 bottle containing 20 mL of peroxidase labelled antibody to human IgM in phosphate buffer (10 mM); coloured red; ready to use; black cap.
6. TMB Substrate Solution: 1 bottle containing 15 mL 3,3',5,5'-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB), < 0.1 %; ready to use; yellow cap.
7. Positive Control: 1 vial containing 2 mL control; coloured yellow; ready to use; red cap; ≤ 0.02% (v/v) MIT.
8. Cut-off Control: 1 vial containing 3 mL control; coloured yellow; ready to use; green cap; ≤ 0.02% (v/v) MIT.
9. Negative Control: 1 vial containing 2 mL control; coloured yellow; ready to use; blue cap; ≤ 0.0015% (v/v) CMIT/ MIT (3:1).
Controls are calibrated in arbitrary units against internal quality control samples, since no international standard reference is available for this assay.
For potential hazardous substances please check the safety data sheet.
10. Cover foil, 1
11. Instruction for use (IFU), 1
12. Plate layout,1
TGFβ links EBV to multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children
Goetzke, C. C., Massoud, M., Frischbutter, S., Guerra, G. M., Ferreira-Gomes, M., Heinrich, F., von Stuckrad, A. S. L., Wisniewski, S., Licha, J. R., Bondareva, M., Ehlers, L., Khaldi-Plassart, S., Javouhey, E., Pons, S., Trouillet-Assant, S., Ozsurekci, Y., Zhang, Y., Poli, M. C., Discepolo, V., Lo Vecchio, A., … Mashreghi, M. F.
Applications: ELISA
Reactive species: Human
"Abstract:In a subset of children and adolescents, SARS-CoV-2 infection induces a severe acute hyperinflammatory shock termed multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) at four to eight weeks after infection. MIS-C is characterized by a specific T cell expansion and systemic hyperinflammation. The pathogenesis of MIS-C remains largely unknown. Here we show that acute MIS-C is characterized by impaired reactivation of virus-reactive memory T cells, which depends on increased serum levels of the cytokine TGFβ resembling those that occur during severe COVID-19. This functional impairment in T cell reactivity is accompanied by the presence of TGFβ-response signatures in T cells, B cells and monocytes along with reduced antigen-presentation capabilities of monocytes, and can be reversed by blocking TGFβ. Furthermore, T cell receptor repertoires of patients with MIS-C exhibit expansion of T cells expressing TCRVβ21.3, resembling Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-reactive T cell clones capable of eliminating EBV-infected B cells. Additionally, serum TGFβ in patients with MIS-C can trigger EBV reactivation, which is reversible with TGFβ blockade. Clinically, the TGFβ-induced defect in T cell reactivity correlates with a higher EBV seroprevalence in patients with MIS-C compared with age-matched controls, along with the occurrence of EBV reactivation. Our findings establish a connection between SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 sequelae in children, in which impaired T cell cytotoxicity triggered by TGFβ overproduction leads to EBV reactivation and subsequent hyperinflammation."
"Article snippet:Serum IgG-antibody levels against HSV-1 (*), HSV2 (*), EBNA1 (*), CMV (*), HHV-6 (*) and AdV (Creative Diagnostics, DEIA2382) and serum IgM antibody levels against HSV-1/2 (*), EBNA1 (*), CMV (*), HHV-6 (Creative Diagnostics, DEIABL57) and AdV (Creative Diagnostics, DEIA1767) were measured in first serum samples obtained from patients according to manufacturer’s manuals."