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NATURE METHODS
Volume 3, Issue 9, Pages 745-751Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/nmeth910
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- NHLBI NIH HHS [N01-HV-28183] Funding Source: Medline
- NIAID NIH HHS [AI50854, AI50865] Funding Source: Medline
- NIAMS NIH HHS [AR49328] Funding Source: Medline
- NIDDK NIH HHS [DK61934] Funding Source: Medline
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Antigen microarrays hold great promise for profiling the humoral immune response in the settings of autoimmunity, allergy and cancer. This approach involves immobilizing antigens on a slide surface and then exposing the array to biological fluids containing immunoglobulins. Although these arrays have proven extremely useful as research tools, they suffer from several sources of variability. To address these issues, we have developed a new two-color Fab labeling method that allows two samples to be applied simultaneously to the same array. This straightforward labeling approach improves reproducibility and reliably detects changes in autoantibody concentrations. Using this technique we profiled serum from a mouse model of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and detected both expected and previously unrecognized reactivities. The improved labeling and detection method described here overcomes several problems that have hindered antigen microarrays and should facilitate translation to the clinical setting.
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