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Evaluation of two nonisotopic immunoassays for determination of glutamic acid decarboxylase and tyrosine phosphatase autoantibodies in serum.

BACKGROUND: Autoantibodies for the 65-kDa form of glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD65) and protein tyrosine phosphatase-like protein (IA-2) are measured for risk prediction and diagnosis of autoimmune diabetes mellitus. There is a lack of adequate nonisotopic alternatives to the most widely used method for both autoantibodies, which is a radiobinding assay (RBA). METHODS: We compared two commercially available immunoassays, an ELISA and a time-resolved immunofluorometric assay (TR-IFMA), with RBA. RESULTS: We found excellent agreement between the RBA and ELISA for measurement of GAD65 autoantibodies (GADAs); they showed comparable analytical precision in the cutoff range and achieved similar diagnostic specificity. The ELISA identified more GADA-positive individuals among patients with new-onset type 1 diabetes than did the RBA [89% (95% confidence interval, 78-95%), vs 71% (58-82%); P <0.03]. For IA-2 autoantibodies (IA-2As), only the TR-IFMA achieved analytical performance and diagnostic accuracy comparable to that of the RBA. These results with the GADA ELISA and IA-2A TR-IFMA were consistent with those obtained blindly in the Diabetes Antibody Standardization Program 2003. The performance of the GADA TR-IFMA and IA-2A ELISA was unsatisfactory, and these tests were not subjected to clinical evaluation. CONCLUSIONS: The GADA ELISA and IA-2A TR-IFMA behave comparably with RBA and are thus suitable for use in the clinical laboratory.[1]

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  1. Evaluation of two nonisotopic immunoassays for determination of glutamic acid decarboxylase and tyrosine phosphatase autoantibodies in serum. Palomer, X., Mauricio, D., Rodríguez-Espinosa, J., Zapico, E., Mayoral, C., González-Sastre, F., de Leiva, A., Blanco-Vaca, F. Clin. Chem. (2004) [Pubmed]
 
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