Concordance Between Anticardiolipin and Anti-B2-Glycoprotein Antibody Testing in Clinical Practice

Value of IgA anticardiolipin and anti-beta2-glycoprotein I antibody testing in patients with pregnancy morbidity.

OBJECTIVE To study the prevalence of IgA antiphospholipid antibodies, particularly anticardiolipin antibodies (aCL) and anti-beta(2)-glycoprotein I (abeta(2)GPI), in a cohort of patients with pregnancy morbidity. PATIENTS AND METHODS Serum samples from four groups of patients were studied by an in house enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Group I: 28 patients with primary antiphospholi...

Anti-b2-Glycoprotein I Autoantibodies from Patients with the “Antiphospholipid” Syndrome Bind to b2-Glycoprotein I with Low Affinity: Dimerization of b2-Glycoprotein I Induces a Significant Increase in Anti-b2-Glycoprotein I Antibody Affinity

Anticardiolipin and anti-beta2-glycoprotein I antibodies in Behcet's disease.

To investigate prevalence of anticardiolipin antibodies (aCL) in patients with Behcet's disease (BD) and to determine whether they are related to anti-beta2-glycoprotein I antibodies (aGPI), we measured aCL and aGPI in 47 patients of BD and 14 patients of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The levels of aCL and aGPI were determined by conventional enzyme immunoassay for both IgG and IgM classe...

Correlation between anti-HBs antibody level with education status and duration of practice among dentists in Qazvin city

Correlation between anti-HBs antibody level with education status and duration of practice among dentists in Qazvin city Dr. Sharifi, M.* -Dr. Borhan Modjabi, K.** -Dr. Salmani, M.R.***- Mostajeri, A.**** -Alipour Heidari, M.***** *Assistant Professor of Microbiology Dept., Faculty of Medicine, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences. **Assistant Professor of Oral Medicine & Diagnosis Dept., Facu...

Anticardiolipin and anti-ß2-glycoprotein 1 in Omani patients with anti-phospholipid syndrome

Studies have shown that plasma glycoprotein with phospholipid-binding property is required for ACA., to bind to cardiolipin that has been coated onto plastic plates. This cofactor has been identified as β2-glycoprotein 1 (β2GPl). Later, it was found that β2GPl is indeed the antigen to which many ACA patients are actually binding and the phospholipid merely serves to link the β2GPl to the solid ...