Immunoassays of secretory IgA and secretory component
Braz. j. med. biol. res
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23(3/4): 211-24, 1990. ilus, tab
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in Portuguese
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| ID: lil-91739
RESUMO
1. A sandwich-type enzyme-linked immunosorbent (ELISA) is described for quantitation of secretory IgA (sIgA) in human serum, as well as an ELISA and a radioimmunoassay (RIA) for measurement of secretory component (SC) is human serum. Samples were reduced and alkylated prior to the measurement of SC. 2. Healthy individuals (N = 53) presented low levels of SC (median, 0.9 mg/l). The protein levels were significantly elevated when compared with the controls, in sera of women during the second (N = 31; median, 1.5 mg/l) and third (N = 35; median, 2.4 mg/l) and acute viral hepatitis (N = 25; median 2.4 mg/l). SC levels of women in the first trimester of pregnancy (N = 24; median, 0.5 mg/l) did not differ from the controls. 3. sIgA levels were also significantly elevated when sera of women in the third trimester of pregnancy (N = 41; median, 25.4 mg/l) and sera of patients with alcoholic cirrhosis (N = 32; median, 75.0 mg/l) or acute viral hepatitis (N = 38; median, 28.5 mg/l) were compared with controls (N = 49; median, 9.0 mg/l). women in the first (N = 25; median, 7.7 mg/l) and second (N = 29; median, 10.2 mg/l trimester of pregnancy did not present levels statistically different from the controls. 4. The results obtained for SC by RIA and ELISA were positively correlated (rs = 0.88; P < 0.001). sIgA levels determined by ELISA were also positively correlated with the results of RIA-SC(rs = 0.77;P<0.001) or ELISA-SC (rs = 0.79; P < 0.001). 5. The assays described are specific, relatively simple to perform, and can be useful for the study of the secretory system
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LILACS (Americas)
Main subject:
Immunoglobulin A, Secretory
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Secretory Component
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Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Portuguese
Journal:
Braz. j. med. biol. res
Journal subject:
Biology
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Medicine
Year:
1990
Type:
Article
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Congress and conference
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