Serial immunoprecipitation assays for interferon--(IFN)-beta antibodies in multiple sclerosis patients.

We devised a sensitive, radioimmunoprecipitation assay (RIPA) for anti-interferon (IFN)-beta-binding antibody (BAB) detection. Our RIPA showed good agreement with a reference RIPA (mean difference, -3.2 +/- 10.6 AU), and detected BAB to both IFN-beta-1a and IFN-beta-1b. Neutralizing antibodies to IF...

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Hoofdauteurs: Lampasona, V, Rio, J, Franciotta, D, Furlan, R, Avolio, C, Fazio, R, Lavolpe, V, Vincent, A, Comi, G, Trojano, M, Montalban, X, Martino, G
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author Lampasona, V
Rio, J
Franciotta, D
Furlan, R
Avolio, C
Fazio, R
Lavolpe, V
Vincent, A
Comi, G
Trojano, M
Montalban, X
Martino, G
author_facet Lampasona, V
Rio, J
Franciotta, D
Furlan, R
Avolio, C
Fazio, R
Lavolpe, V
Vincent, A
Comi, G
Trojano, M
Montalban, X
Martino, G
author_sort Lampasona, V
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description We devised a sensitive, radioimmunoprecipitation assay (RIPA) for anti-interferon (IFN)-beta-binding antibody (BAB) detection. Our RIPA showed good agreement with a reference RIPA (mean difference, -3.2 +/- 10.6 AU), and detected BAB to both IFN-beta-1a and IFN-beta-1b. Neutralizing antibodies to IFN-b (NAB) were also determined with a standard method. BAB and NAB were measured in 393 serum samples from 77 multiple sclerosis (MS) patients treated with IFN-beta-1a or -1b, who were studied over two years, and subsequently classified as responders and non-responders. BAB were found at higher concentrations, and more frequently detected, in IFN-beta-1b- than in IFN-beta-1a-treated patients, and, at highest titres, preferentially in patients who were positive for NAB. However, in our series of MS patients, both titres and frequency of detection of BAB or NAB did not differ between IFN-b responders and non-responders.
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spelling oxford-uuid:7aedb1d2-84b0-4d82-a9b3-5b8d36f9629b2022-03-26T20:47:19ZSerial immunoprecipitation assays for interferon--(IFN)-beta antibodies in multiple sclerosis patients.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:7aedb1d2-84b0-4d82-a9b3-5b8d36f9629bEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2003Lampasona, VRio, JFranciotta, DFurlan, RAvolio, CFazio, RLavolpe, VVincent, AComi, GTrojano, MMontalban, XMartino, GWe devised a sensitive, radioimmunoprecipitation assay (RIPA) for anti-interferon (IFN)-beta-binding antibody (BAB) detection. Our RIPA showed good agreement with a reference RIPA (mean difference, -3.2 +/- 10.6 AU), and detected BAB to both IFN-beta-1a and IFN-beta-1b. Neutralizing antibodies to IFN-b (NAB) were also determined with a standard method. BAB and NAB were measured in 393 serum samples from 77 multiple sclerosis (MS) patients treated with IFN-beta-1a or -1b, who were studied over two years, and subsequently classified as responders and non-responders. BAB were found at higher concentrations, and more frequently detected, in IFN-beta-1b- than in IFN-beta-1a-treated patients, and, at highest titres, preferentially in patients who were positive for NAB. However, in our series of MS patients, both titres and frequency of detection of BAB or NAB did not differ between IFN-b responders and non-responders.
spellingShingle Lampasona, V
Rio, J
Franciotta, D
Furlan, R
Avolio, C
Fazio, R
Lavolpe, V
Vincent, A
Comi, G
Trojano, M
Montalban, X
Martino, G
Serial immunoprecipitation assays for interferon--(IFN)-beta antibodies in multiple sclerosis patients.
title Serial immunoprecipitation assays for interferon--(IFN)-beta antibodies in multiple sclerosis patients.
title_full Serial immunoprecipitation assays for interferon--(IFN)-beta antibodies in multiple sclerosis patients.
title_fullStr Serial immunoprecipitation assays for interferon--(IFN)-beta antibodies in multiple sclerosis patients.
title_full_unstemmed Serial immunoprecipitation assays for interferon--(IFN)-beta antibodies in multiple sclerosis patients.
title_short Serial immunoprecipitation assays for interferon--(IFN)-beta antibodies in multiple sclerosis patients.
title_sort serial immunoprecipitation assays for interferon ifn beta antibodies in multiple sclerosis patients
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