title: A microarray enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for autoimmune diagnostics.
abstract: In order to quantify autoantibodies in the sera of patients with autoimmune disease, we have created a microarray-based immunoassay that allows the simultaneous analysis of 18 known autoantigens. The microarrays contain serial dilutions of the various antigens, thereby allowing accurate determination of autoantibody titer using minimal amounts of serum. The assay is very sensitive and highly specific: as little as 40 fg of a known protein standard can be detected with little or no cross-reactivity to nonspecific proteins. The signal intensities observed from serial dilutions of immobilized antigen correlate well with serial dilutions of autoimmune sera. Miniaturized and highly parallelized immunoassays like these will reduce costs by decreasing reagent consumption and improve efficiency by greatly increasing the number of assays that can be performed with a single serum sample. This system will significantly facilitate and accelerate the diagnostics of autoimmune diseases and can be adapted easily to any other kind of immunoassay.
authors.affiliation: NMI Natural and Medical Sciences Institute at the University of Tuebingen, Reutlingen, Germany. joos@nmi.de
authors.forename: T O
authors.initials: TO
authors.lastname: Joos
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schrenk
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Höpfl
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kröger
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Chowdhury
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Stoll
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Schörner
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dürr
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Herick
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rupp
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sohn
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hämmerle
mesh_terms: D000974:Antibodies, Antinuclear / Q000097:blood; D001323:Autoantibodies / Q000097:blood*; D001324:Autoantigens / Q000276:immunology; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology; D019921:Biotinylation; D004306:Dose-Response Relationship, Immunologic; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007074:Immunoglobulin G / Q000276:immunology; D008163:Luminescent Measurements; D008832:Microchemistry / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000276:immunology; D016628:Replica Techniques; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D000974:Antibodies, Antinuclear; D001323:Autoantibodies; D001324:Autoantigens; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins