Article
Use of chicken immunoglobulin Y in general virology
Registro en:
LANZARINI, Natália Maria; et al. Use of chicken immunoglobulin Y in general virology. Journal of Immunoassay and Immunochemistry, v.39, n.3, p.235-248, 2018.
1532-1819
1532-4230
Autor
Lanzarini, Natália Maria
Bentes, Gentil Arthur
Volotão, Eduardo de Mello
Pinto, Marcelo Alves
Resumen
Immunoglobulin Y (IgY), an antibody present in birds, reptiles,
and amphibians, is actively transported from the serum to egg
yolks, where it is stored in large quantities. The use of chicken
polyclonal IgY instead of mammalian IgG antibodies for biomedical
applications has ethical and economic advantages,
such as the lack of a need for animal bleeding because the
antibodies are extracted from eggs after hen immunization
and the low cost of the production and purification methods.
This article reviews the latest IgY applications in diagnostic
virology and the therapeutic use of IgY in viral gastroenteritis. 2030-01-01