Stable Human Fc Receptor-Transformed Cell Lines to Detect Virus-Neutralizing and Enhancing Antibodies

Applications:
The invention offers a novel method to screen anti-flavivirus antibodies in blood for neutralizing and replication-enhancing antibodies using Fc gamma R transformed macrophages.  Although this invention is immediately applicable to dengue virus infection, in principle it is applicable to any viral pathogen whose replication may be enhanced by antibodies.

Advantages:
The invention offers simplicity and the prospect of an automated, high through-put alternative to both conventional virus plaque neutralization and immune enhancement assay. The method will offer a standardized format to replace current laborious methods to measure protective neutralizing and potentially undesirable immune-enhancing antibodies stimulated by natural infection or by candidate and established viral vaccine.

URV Reference Number: 6-1427
Patent Information:
Category(s):
Vaccines
For Information, Contact:
Blaze Pharoah
Licensing Manager
University of Rochester
585-276-6600
blaze_pharoah@urmc.rochester.edu
Inventors:
Jacob Schlesinger
Robert Rose
W.W. Shanaka Rodrigo
Xia Jin
Keywords:
Vaccine