Autoantigen microarrays for multiplex characterization of autoantibody responses - PubMed (original) (raw)

Comparative Study

doi: 10.1038/nm0302-295.

Carla DiGennaro, Wolfgang Hueber, Brian B Haab, Makoto Kamachi, Erik J Dean, Sylvie Fournel, Derek Fong, Mark C Genovese, Henry E Neuman de Vegvar, Karl Skriner, David L Hirschberg, Robert I Morris, Sylviane Muller, Ger J Pruijn, Walther J van Venrooij, Josef S Smolen, Patrick O Brown, Lawrence Steinman, Paul J Utz

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Comparative Study

Autoantigen microarrays for multiplex characterization of autoantibody responses

William H Robinson et al. Nat Med. 2002 Mar.

Abstract

We constructed miniaturized autoantigen arrays to perform large-scale multiplex characterization of autoantibody responses directed against structurally diverse autoantigens, using submicroliter quantities of clinical samples. Autoantigen microarrays were produced by attaching hundreds of proteins, peptides and other biomolecules to the surface of derivatized glass slides using a robotic arrayer. Arrays were incubated with patient serum, and spectrally resolvable fluorescent labels were used to detect autoantibody binding to specific autoantigens on the array. We describe and characterize arrays containing the major autoantigens in eight distinct human autoimmune diseases, including systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis. This represents the first report of application of such technology to multiple human disease sera, and will enable validated detection of antibodies recognizing autoantigens including proteins, peptides, enzyme complexes, ribonucleoprotein complexes, DNA and post-translationally modified antigens. Autoantigen microarrays represent a powerful tool to study the specificity and pathogenesis of autoantibody responses, and to identify and define relevant autoantigens in human autoimmune diseases.

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