PubMed · 2662381
Effect of complement binding on a solid-phase immunometric TSH assay.
Abstract
The binding of serum thyrotropin (TSH) to plastic beads coated with a monoclonal antibody to human TSH was inhibited unless EDTA was present during the incubation. The inhibitory factor in serum was heat labile, and its effect could be abrogated by the addition of human albumin-anti-albumin immune complexes. Subsequently it was shown that the antibody-coated beads were able to bind the first component of complement, C1q, and that this binding was inhibited by addition of albumin-anti-albumin complexes. The results show that a surface coated with a monoclonal murine antibody is able to bind complement, and that binding of complement may interfere in solid-phase immunometric assays.
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K Käpyaho, P Tanner, T Weber. 1989. Effect of complement binding on a solid-phase immunometric TSH assay.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2662381/
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