title: Immunoglobulin heavy and light chain isotypes in multiple myeloma patients.
abstract: The frequency of expression of immunoglobulin (Ig) light and heavy chain isotypes was analyzed in myeloma proteins (M-proteins) from sera of 40 Indian patients with clinically established multiple myeloma. Patients samples were screened by a combination of electrophoresis, immunoelectrophoresis (IEP) and ELISA techniques in this study. We found that majority of the myeloma proteins (58%) were of the IgG isotype followed by IgA (24%) and biclonal gammopathy associated with IgG and IgA (5%). Both kappa and lambda light chains were associated with the heavy chain isotypes. We recommend the triangular combination for detection of M-proteins and biclonal gammopathy of cancerous plasma cells as biomarkers for diagnosis of myeloma.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Biochemistry, J N Medical College, AMU, Aligarh, India. anadeem1@rediffmail.com
authors.forename: Nadeem A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Ansari
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Owais
authors.lastname: Usha
mesh_terms: D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006801:Humans; D007122:Immunoelectrophoresis; D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains / Q000097:blood*; D007147:Immunoglobulin Light Chains / Q000097:blood*; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000097:blood*; D009101:Multiple Myeloma / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D011379:Prognosis
chemical_list: D007143:Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains; D007147:Immunoglobulin Light Chains; D007136:Immunoglobulins; C009823:M-proteins (Myeloma)