Ema Romão

Mrs. Ema Romão

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Academic Career Length

12Years (2015-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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6 May 2015 in Journal of Nanobiotechnology
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JYJunrong Yan
Junrong Yan
PWPingyan Wang
Pingyan Wang
MZMin Zhu
Min Zhu
GLGuanghui Li
Guanghui Li
EREma Romão
Ema Romão
YWYankun Wan
Yankun Wan
Nanobodies (Nbs) are single-domain antigen-binding fragments derived from the camelids heavy-chain only antibodies (HCAbs). Their unique advantageous properties make Nbs highly attractive in various applications. The general approach to obtain Nbs is to isolate them from immune libraries by phage display technology. However, it is unfeasible when the antigens are toxic, lethal, transmissible or of low immunogenicity. Naïve libraries could be an alternative way to solve the above problems. We constructed a large camel naïve phage display Nanobody (Nb) library with great diversity. The generated library contains to 6.86 × 1011 clones and to our best of knowledge, this is the biggest naïve phage display Nb library. Then Nbs against human procalcitonin (PCT) were isolated from this library. These Nbs showed comparable affinity and antigen-binding thermostability at 37°C and 60°C compared to the PCT Nbs from an immune phage-displayed library. Furthermore, two PCT Nbs that recognize unique epitopes on PCT have been successfully applied to develop a sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) to detect PCT, which showed a linear working range from 10-1000 ng/mL of PCT. We have constructed a large and diverse naïve phage display Nb library, which potentially functioning as a good resource for selecting antigen-binders with high quality. Moreover, functional Nbs against PCT were successfully characterized and applied, providing great values on medical application.

1 January 2016
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JYJunrong Yan
Junrong Yan
PWPingyan Wang
Pingyan Wang
MZMin Zhu
Min Zhu
GLGuanghui Li
Guanghui Li
EREma Romão
Ema Romão
YWYakun Wan
Yakun Wan