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ArticleAmerican journal of physiology. Renal physiology2024

Guidelines on antibody use in physiology research.

Heddwen L Brooks, Lisandra E de Castro Brás, Keith R Brunt, Megan A Sylvester, Michelle S Parvatiyar, Padmini Sirish, Shyam S Bansal, Rasheed Sule, Ashley L Eadie, Mark A Knepper and 4 more

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Article in American journal of physiology. Renal physiology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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10 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors.

Heddwen L BrooksDepartment of Physiology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.
Lisandra E de Castro BrásDepartment of Physiology, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, United States.
Keith R BruntDepartment of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-5728-8135
Megan A SylvesterDepartment of Physiology, College of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-6696-2734
Michelle S ParvatiyarDepartment of Nutrition and Integrative Physiology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-9416-0069
Padmini SirishDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of California, Davis, California, United States.
Shyam S BansalDepartment of Cellular and Molecular Physiology, Heart and Vascular Institute, Pennsylvania State University Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States.
Rasheed SuleDepartment of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, University of California, Davis, California, United States.
Ashley L EadieDepartment of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-9576-6989
Mark A KnepperEpithelial Systems Biology Laboratory, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-2276-8091
Robert A FentonDepartment of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0003-1623-199X
Merry L LindseySchool of Graduate Studies, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-4090-0391
Kristine Y DeLeon-PennellDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-9647-6112
Aldrin V GomesDepartment of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior, University of California, Davis, California, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-9819-3036

Funding

Workshop on Environmental Technology Transfer and EntrepreneurshipP42ES004699 · NIEHS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA DAVIS · PI YOUNG, THOMAS MICHAEL · 1987 to 2021
$50.1M
Solute And Water Transport In Renal EpitheliaZIAHL001285 · NHLBI · NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE · PI KNEPPER, MARK · 2009 to 2025
$34.9M
Computational Tools for ProteomicsZIAHL006129 · NHLBI · NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE · PI KNEPPER, MARK · 2011 to 2025
$8.1M
Novel Inhibitors for Temporal Modulation of T-Lymphocytes during Chronic Heart FailureR01HL167912 · NHLBI · PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIV HERSHEY MED CTR · PI Shyam Sunder Bansal · 2023 to 2026
$2.3M
Short Course In Transferable Skills Training (SHIFT) ProgramR25GM151274 · NIGMS · MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE · PI MERRY L. LINDSEY, Pius N Nde · 2023 to 2026
$1.9M
Collagen-derived peptides to target inflammation in myocardial infarctionR01HL152297 · NHLBI · EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY · PI DE CASTRO BRAZ, LISANDRA E · 2022 to 2025
$1.5M
Cardiac Regenerative Therapy Using Gene-Edited Stem Cells to Improve Transplantation OutcomesR56HL167932 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS · PI SIRISH, PADMINI · 2023 to 2023
$400k
Collagen-derived peptides to target inflammation in myocardial infarctionR56HL152297 · NHLBI · EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY · PI DE CASTRO BRAZ, LISANDRA E · 2020 to 2020
$366k
Neutrophil Polarization Following Myocardial InfarctionI01BX000505 · VA · VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION · PI LINDSEY, MERRY L. · 2009 to 2024
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Innate-like CD8+ T-cells facilitate in cardiac remodeling post-MII01BX005848 · VA · RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER · PI Kristine Y DeLeon-Pennell · 2023 to 2026
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antibodies are one of the most used reagents in scientific laboratories and are critical components for a multitude of experiments in physiology research. Over the past decade, concerns about many biological methods, including those that use antibodies, have arisen as several laboratories were unable to reproduce the scientific data obtained in other laboratories. The lack of reproducibility could be largely attributed to inadequate reporting of detailed methods, no or limited verification by authors, and the production and use of unvalidated antibodies. The goal of this guideline article is to review best practices concerning commonly used techniques involving antibodies, including immunoblotting, immunohistochemistry, and flow cytometry. Awareness and integration of best practices will increase the rigor and reproducibility of these techniques and elevate the quality of physiology research.

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AntibodiesAntibody SpecificityFlow CytometryImmunohistochemistryReproducibility of ResultsAntibodiesflow cytometryimmunoblottingimmunofluorescenceimmunohistochemistryWestern blotting

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PMID38234298
PMCPMC11208033

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