Experimental and Computational Study of the Orientation Dependence of Single-Crystal Ruthenium Nanowire Stability.

Single-crystal nanowires are of broad interest for applications in nanotechnology. However, such wires are subject to both the Rayleigh-Plateau instability and an ovulation process that are expected to lead to their break up into particle arrays. Single crystal Ru nanowires were fabricated with axes lying along different crystallographic orientations.

Development of an automated, interference-free, 2D-LC-MS/MS assay for quantification of a therapeutic mAb in human sera.

Aim: Hybrid LC-MS/MS assays are increasingly used to quantitate proteins in biological matrices. These assays involve analyte enrichment at the protein level. Although suitability has been demonstrated, they are limited by the lack of appropriate affinity reagents and may suffer from interferences caused by binding proteins or antibodies.

Quantitative analysis of hIgG1 in monkey serum by LC-MS/MS using mass spectrometric immunoassay.

Aim: A sensitive generic LC-MS/MS method for hIgG1 quantification in cynomolgus monkey serum using mass spectrometric immunoassay disposable automation research tips (MSIA-D.A.R.

Dual band sensitivity enhancements of a VO(x) microbolometer array using a patterned gold black absorber.

Infrared-absorbing gold black has been selectively patterned onto the active surfaces of a vanadium-oxide-based infrared bolometer array. Patterning by metal lift-off relies on protection of the fragile gold black with an evaporated oxide, which preserves much of gold black's high absorptance. This patterned gold black also survives the dry-etch removal of the sacrificial polyimide used to fabricate the air-bridge bolometers.

Use of generic LC-MS/MS assays to characterize atypical PK profile of a biotherapeutic monoclonal antibody.

Background: The fully human monoclonal antibody mAb123, which binds to and neutralizes chemokine motif ligand-21 (CCL21) displays a faster clearance in cynomolgus monkey compared with typical IgG kinetics. A direct and an immunoaffinity LC-MS/MS assays were developed to compare with the previously established ligand-binding assays (LBAs).

Results: A strong correlation of LC-MS/MS pharmacokinetic data with LBA data confirmed the rapid drug disposition of mAb123 is an intrinsic property of the molecule, rather than interference of anti-mAb123 antibodies in the LBA.

Interleukin-10 is upregulated by nanomolar rosiglitazone treatment of mature dendritic cells and human CD4+ T cells.

Activators of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR)-gamma are anti-inflammatory and have been proposed as therapeutic agents for the treatment of Th1-type inflammatory diseases. We report that nanomolar concentrations of rosiglitazone enhance the production of IL-10 from activated human mature monocyte-derived dendritic cells. Also, rosiglitazone specifically induces the production of IL-10 from TCR-activated human CD4+ T cells and that this effect is PPAR-gamma-dependent.

Ex vivo detection and enumeration of human antigen-specific CD8+ T lymphocytes using antigen delivery by a recombinant vaccinia expression vector and intracellular cytokine staining.

We describe an intracellular cytokine staining, flow cytometry based technique for quantitative and qualitative assessment of CD8+ T lymphocyte-mediated antigen specific immune responses. This adaptation of the technique first described by Suni et al. [J.