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Beware of Antibodies to Dietary Proteins in "Antigen-specific" Immunoassays! Falsely Positive Anticytokine Antibody Tests Due to Reactivity with Bovine Serum Albumin in Rheumatoid Arthritis (The Swedish TIRA Project)
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- Sjöwall, Christoffer (författare)
- Östergötlands Läns Landsting,Linköpings universitet,Reumatologi,Hälsouniversitetet,Reumatologiska kliniken i Östergötland
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- Kastbom, Alf (författare)
- Östergötlands Läns Landsting,Linköpings universitet,Reumatologi,Hälsouniversitetet,Reumatologiska kliniken i Östergötland
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- Almroth, Gunnel (författare)
- Linköpings universitet,Reumatologi,Hälsouniversitetet
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- Wetterö, Jonas (författare)
- Linköpings universitet,Reumatologi,Hälsouniversitetet
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- Skogh, Thomas (författare)
- Östergötlands Läns Landsting,Linköpings universitet,Reumatologi,Hälsouniversitetet,Reumatologiska kliniken i Östergötland
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- 2010-11-01
- 2011
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: JOURNAL OF RHEUMATOLOGY. - : Journal of Rheumatology. - 0315-162X .- 1499-2752. ; 38:2, s. 215-220
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Abstract
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- Objective. To evaluate (1) to what extent sera from healthy subjects and patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) contain antibodies to bovine serum albumin (BSA); and (2) if anti-BSA antibodies interfere with results of enzyme-linked immunoassays (ELISA) containing BSA. Methods. The ELISA used was a previously developed in-house assay of autoantibodies to tumor necrosis factor (TNF). Anti-TNF and anti-BSA antibodies were analyzed by ELISA in 189 patients with early RA and 186 healthy blood donors. TNF preparations containing either BSA or human serum albumin (HSA) as carrier proteins were used as antigens in the anti-TNF assay. The presence and levels of antibodies were analyzed in relation to disease course and to the presence/absence of rheumatoid factor (RF). Results. In patients with RA, anti-TNF/BSA levels strongly correlated with anti-BSA levels (r = 0.81, p andlt; 0.001), whereas anti-TNF/HSA did not (r = -0.09). Neither the presence nor the levels of anti-BSA in RA patients were associated with disease progression, and antibody levels were not significantly altered compared to controls (p = 0.11). IgG reactivity with TNF/HSA was neglible. In paired sera, preincubation with BSA abolished the anti-TNF/BSA reactivity. There were no indications of RF interference with anti-BSA or anti-TNF reactivity. Conclusion. Antibodies to BSA are common in patients with RA as well as in healthy individuals. Their presence does not seem to be associated with RA disease activity or disease course, but may severely interfere with ELISA containing BSA. The use of BSA as a "blocking agent" or carrier protein in immunoassays should therefore be avoided.
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- ANTICYTOKINE ANTIBODIES
- BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN
- ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOASSAY
- RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
- TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR
- MEDICINE
- MEDICIN
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