title: Measurement of autoimmune response against collagen types I, III, and IV by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, and its application in infective endocarditis.
abstract: In these enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays for determination of autoantibodies (IgG, IgM) against collagen type I (ACA I), III (ACA III), and IV (ACA IV), we use commercially available antigen preparations. Inhibition curves showed limited cross-reactivity between these different collagen preparations, the major interference being observed after addition of collagen type III in the ACA I procedures. Imprecision (CVs) for high- and low-titer samples ranged between 1.5% and 7.9% (within-run) and 5.5% and 12.7% (between-run) for ACA I, between 2.2-8.7% and 4.5-10.7% for ACA III, and between 1.3-5.9% and 7.4-11.6% for ACA IV. Significantly increased humoral immune response against collagen types I and III (P less than 0.001) could be demonstrated during the first month of infective endocarditis. In contrast, only borderline increases, however constant, of autoimmune response against basement-membrane collagen (ACA IV) were noticed during 90 days of follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, State University of Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: De Buyzere
authors.forename: I K
authors.initials: IK
authors.lastname: De Scheerder
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Delanghe
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Robbrecht
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Clement
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Wieme
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000032:analysis*; D003094:Collagen / Q000145:classification / Q000276:immunology*; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000276:immunology*; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D005260:Female; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D001323:Autoantibodies; D003094:Collagen