title: Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and radioimmunoassay of serum pepsinogen A.
abstract: The determination of serum pepsinogen A (= pepsinogen I) levels is of clinical importance in the study of duodenal ulcer, atrophic gastritis and gastric cancer. In the present study two different quantitative immunological techniques for serum pepsinogen A were compared: a radioimmunoassay (RIA) (Helsinki) and an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) (Amsterdam). Serum samples of 177 subjects with various gastric diseases were tested in a double blind study. The correlation was excellent (r = 0.954 in the range 0-760 micrograms/l and r = 0.971 in the range 0-100 micrograms/l). The functional relationship between ELISA (x) and RIA (y), determined by weighted model II regression, was y = 1.12x-0.54. Initially the use of goat anti-PGA in the ELISA resulted in falsely high values in about 10% of the individuals. This was caused by circulating antibodies cross-reacting with goat IgG. This artefact was eliminated by pre-incubation of all samples with non-immune goat serum.
mesh_terms: D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D010435:Pepsinogens / Q000097:blood*; D011863:Radioimmunoassay / Q000379:methods; D013272:Stomach Diseases / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D010435:Pepsinogens