Autoantibodies: Methods and Protocols

Front Matter ....Pages i-xii
 Autoantibodies as Diagnostic Tools  (Gunnar Houen)....Pages 1-11
 Nonspecific Binding in Immunoassays for Autoantibodies  (Gunnar Houen)....Pages 13-17
 Detection of Autoantibodies by Indirect Immunofluorescence Cytochemistry on Hep-2 Cells  (Alessandra Dellavance, Luis Eduardo Coelho Andrade)....Pages 19-46
 Detection of Anti-neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies (ANCA) by Indirect Immunofluorescence  (J. J. B. C. van Beers, J. Vanderlocht, C. Roozendaal, J. Damoiseaux)....Pages 47-62
 Determination of Subset-Restricted Anti-neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies (ANCA) by Immunofluorescence Cytochemistry  (Firoozeh Amirbeagi, Amanda Welin, Pontus Thulin, Johan Bylund)....Pages 63-77
 Determination of Anti-aquaporin 5 Autoantibodies by Immunofluorescence Cytochemistry  (Jehan Alam, Sumin Jeon, Youngnim Choi)....Pages 79-87
 Determination of cN1A Autoantibodies by Cell-Based Immunofluorescence Cytochemistry  (Satoshi Yamashita, Nozomu Tawara)....Pages 89-94
 Determination of Agonistically Acting Autoantibodies to the Adrenergic Beta-1 Receptor by Cellular Bioassay  (Hanna Davideit, Annekathrin Haberland, Sabine Bartel, Sarah Schulze-Rothe, Johannes Müller, Katrin Wenzel)....Pages 95-102
 Determination of Autoantibodies to Salivary Gland Antigens  (Li Cui, Xinyuan Zhao, Shen Hu)....Pages 103-112
 Measurement of Autoantibodies to Gastric H+,K+-ATPase (ATP4A/B) Using a Luciferase Immunoprecipitation System (LIPS)  (Edith Lahner, Ilaria Marzinotto, Cristina Brigatti, Howard Davidson, Janet Wenzlau, Lorenzo Piemonti et al.)....Pages 113-131
 Detection of DNA Autoantibodies by Electrophoretic Mobility Shift Assay  (Jacqueline Keyhani, Ezzatollah Keyhani)....Pages 133-152
 Antigen-Specific Detection of Autoantibodies Against Myeloperoxidase (MPO) and Proteinase 3 (PR3)  (J. Vanderlocht, J. J. B. C. van Beers, P. C. Limburg, J. Damoiseaux, C. Roozendaal)....Pages 153-176
 Analysis of C3 Nephritic Factors by ELISA  (Lillemor Skattum)....Pages 177-182
 Analysis of Anti-C1q Autoantibodies by Western Blot  (Anci Verlemyr, Lennart Truedsson, Lillemor Skattum)....Pages 183-189
 Anti-factor H Autoantibodies Assay by ELISA  (Marie Sénant, Marie-Agnes Dragon-Durey)....Pages 191-196
 Determination of Autoantibodies to Transglutaminase by Electrochemiluminescence (ECL) Assay  (Zhiyuan Zhao, Yong Gu, Dongmei Miao, Eric Hoffmeyer, Yu Liu, Liping Yu)....Pages 197-203
 Determination of CRP Autoantibodies by SPR Immunoassay  (Qiu-Yu Li, Hai-Yun Li)....Pages 205-219
 Histone Protein Epitope Mapping for Autoantibody Recognition in Rheumatoid Arthritis  (Feliciana Real-Fernández, Federico Pratesi, Paola Migliorini, Paolo Rovero)....Pages 221-228
 Detection of SSA and SSB Antibodies Associated with Primary Sjögren’s Syndrome Using Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay  (Nicole Hartwig Trier)....Pages 229-237
 Assessment of Peptidylarginine Deiminase Activity by ELISA Using Human Fibrinogen as Substrate  (Dres Damgaard, Claus H. Nielsen)....Pages 239-242
 Use of a Citrullinated Peptide Panel for Detection of Anti-Citrullinated Protein Antibodies by Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay  (Nicole Hartwig Trier)....Pages 243-253
 Determination of Autoantibodies by Line Immunoblotting  (Louise Sternbæk, Tina Friis, Gunnar Houen)....Pages 255-262
 Determination of Rheumatoid Factors by ELISA  (Nicole Hartwig Trier, Gunnar Houen)....Pages 263-270
 Detection of Autoantibodies to Complement Components by Surface Plasmon Resonance-Based Technology  (Remi Noe, Sophie Chauvet, Shambhuprasad K. Togarsimalemath, Maria Chiara Marinozzi, Maria Radanova, Vasil V. Vasilev et al.)....Pages 271-280
Back Matter ....Pages 281-289