Abstract：
:We modified a one-step, two-site, double monoclonal immunoenzymometric assay (Abbott Laboratories) for serum alpha1-fetoprotein (AFP) to increase its sensitivity and improve test precision at the low end. We increased sample size, incubation interval, and reaction time and temperature, and decreased the final reaction volume. Interassay CVs for the modified method ranged from 6.2 to 8.0% for mean concentrations of AFP in serum of 5.2 to 34.2 micrograms/L--substantially better than those for the unmodified monoclonal method--and agreed well with those of the comparison method (modified Abbott polyclonal immunoenzymometric assay). AFP values by the modified monoclonal procedure (y) correlated well with results by the polyclonal method (x): y = 0.983x + 1.84 micrograms/L (r = 0.927, n = 59). The detection limit of the modified monoclonal test was 0.2 microgram/L, as compared with 1.0 and 1.4 micrograms/L, respectively, for the modified polyclonal and the unmodified monoclonal procedures. We recommend using the modified monoclonal method for monitoring cancer patients with low tumor burden.
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Clin Chemjournal_title
Clinical chemistryauthors
Shahangian S,Fritsche HA Jr,Hughes JIsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1987-04-01 00:00:00pages
583-6issue
4eissn
0009-9147issn
1530-8561journal_volume
33pub_type
杂志文章abstract：:The manual Reference Method of the Centers for Disease Control for serum iron (CDC/RM/Fe) and a semiautomated adaptation of it were used to evaluate two working methods: one, a detergent solubilization procedure for the Roche Cobas-Bio analyzer, the other, the Kodak Ektachem 700 procedure, based on dry-film technology...
journal_title：Clinical chemistry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The cytokine rumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) plays a prominent role in the inflammatory response and has been quantified in several kinds of body fluids. A safe method for keeping samples under the best storage conditions for later studies is clearly needed. We estimated TNF-alpha shelf life by using an accele...
journal_title：Clinical chemistry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A new computer-interfaced system of general applicability in the clinical laboratory has been built. The system is constructed around a new type multicuvette. Quantitation is currently by spectrophotometry and is on-line, with use of a mini-computer with output going to an electrostatic printer/plotter. The system can...
journal_title：Clinical chemistry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1975-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Aberrant DNA hypermethylation of CpG islands occurs frequently throughout the genome in human colorectal cancer (CRC). A genome-wide DNA hypermethylation analysis technique using circulating cell-free DNA (cfDNA) is attractive for the noninvasive early detection of CRC and discrimination between CRC and othe...
journal_title：Clinical chemistry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1373/clinchem.2019.301804
更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Tacrolimus is metabolized predominantly to 13-O-demethyltacrolimus in the liver and intestine by cytochrome P450 3A (CYP3A). Patients with high concentrations of CYP3A5, a CYP3A isoenzyme polymorphically produced in these organs, require higher doses of tacrolimus, but the exact mechanism of this association...
journal_title：Clinical chemistry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1373/clinchem.2005.050047
更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Plasma concentrations of the peptides midregional proadrenomedullin (MR-proADM), midregional proatrial natriuretic peptide (MR-proANP), and C-terminal endothelin-1 precursor fragment (CT-proET-1) are increased in various cardiovascular conditions. However, there is limited information about the association a...
journal_title：Clinical chemistry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1373/clinchem.2012.193656
更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Distinguishing adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma subtypes of non-small cell lung cancers is critical to patient care. Preoperative minimally-invasive biopsy techniques, such as fine needle aspiration (FNA), are increasingly used for lung cancer diagnosis and subtyping. Yet, histologic distinction of...
journal_title：Clinical chemistry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1093/clinchem/hvaa207
更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Values for insulin-mediated glucose disposal vary continuously throughout a population of apparently healthy individuals, with at least a sixfold variation between the most insulin sensitive and most insulin resistant of these individuals. The more insulin resistant a person, the more insulin must be secreted to preve...
journal_title：Clinical chemistry
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1373/clinchem.2005.048611
更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Unsaturated cobalamin-binding capacity in plasma (P-UBBC) is determined by use of a silica gel (QUSO G32) to separate haptocorrin (P-ApoHC) and transcobalamin (P-ApoTC). The method is sensitive and precise: detection limit 13 pmol/L, interassay coefficients of variation 3% for P-UBBC (mean = 1080 pmol/L), 4% for P-Apo...
journal_title：Clinical chemistry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Erythrocyte and plasma cholinesterase activities were measured biweekly in one group of 22 subjects for a year and daily for three weeks in another group of nine men. The average range [i.e., (range/mean) X 100] of activity of erythrocyte cholinesterase in men during a year was 8% and during three weeks was 5%. For pl...
journal_title：Clinical chemistry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:We evaluated assays to measure both total tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) and the three principle forms of tPA in plasma: active tPA, tPA complexed with plasminogen activator inhibitor type 1 (PAI-1), and tPA complexed with C1-inhibitor. METHODS:Active tPA was measured by use of an indirect amidolytic as...
journal_title：Clinical chemistry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Patients' sera were analyzed for carbamazepine and ethosuximide by enzyme immunoassay (x) and gas chromatography (y), and the results were compared. The correlation coefficients were: for carbamazepine, x vs. y 0.94 (n = 93); for ethosuximide, x vs. y 0.99 (n = 30). These results suggest that the two methods could be ...
journal_title：Clinical chemistry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1977-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:An association has been described between mortality in children with meningococcal disease and functional polymorphisms in the interleukin-1 (IL1) cluster. We undertook a multicenter study to evaluate associations of these polymorphisms in a Central European population. PATIENTS AND METHODS:The study involv...
journal_title：Clinical chemistry
pub_type： 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi：10.1373/clinchem.2005.058537
更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Plasma B-type cardiac natriuretic peptides reflect cardiac structure and function and have proven roles in assisting in the diagnosis of acute heart failure. They are independent prognostic indicators across the full spectrum of cardiovascular disease. Serial changes in plasma B-type cardiac natriuretic pept...
journal_title：Clinical chemistry
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1373/clinchem.2011.165704
更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The characteristics of the Abbott selective fluorescence polarization immunoassay for cyclosporine in whole blood (TDXSP) were compared with the Incstar radioimmunoassay by using kit standards (INCSP) or TDXSP standards (INCTDX) with samples from adult (48) and pediatric (24) liver-transplant recipients and a further ...
journal_title：Clinical chemistry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:We have improved the protocol for RNA quantification by using RNase protection. Instead of precipitation and extraction with phenol and chloroform, we use a faster and more reliable precipitation based on guanidinium thiocyanate (GdSCN). The internal standard is produced by in vitro transcription of a DNA template con...
journal_title：Clinical chemistry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:We describe a gas-liquid chromatographic method for determining mephenytoin and its active metabolite, desmethylmephenytoin, in human serum. 5-Methyl-5-phenylhydantoin is used as the internal standard. The method involves extraction of the drugs by adsorption onto charcoal and off-column derivatization to their pentyl...
journal_title：Clinical chemistry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A total of 1357 polypeptides [946 acidic (isoelectric focusing) and 411 basic (nonequilibrium pH-gradient electrophoresis)] from human HeLa cells have been separated and catalogued with use of high-resolution two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. Of these polypeptides, 1266 were detected by labeling cells with [35S]met...
journal_title：Clinical chemistry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1982-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The use of 4-chlorotestosterone acetate by farmers for cattle fattening was recently demonstrated although the use of this anabolic steroid is strictly forbidden in the European Union. We investigated the metabolism of 4-chlorotestosterone acetate in the bovine species after intramuscular and oral administration. Nine...
journal_title：Clinical chemistry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:We examined the comparative behavior of subject-specific multivariate and univariate reference regions, using both computer-generated data and serial (semi-annual) measurements of selected analytes in subjects from a large health-maintenance program. Univariate studies under both homeostatic and random-walk time-serie...
journal_title：Clinical chemistry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The deleterious, disruptive effects of estrogen mimics on the endocrine system were discovered after the compounds were released into the environment. Their chemical structure does not obviously resemble that of steroid hormones; hence, their estrogenic effects were totally unexpected. In addition to occupational expo...
journal_title：Clinical chemistry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:We measured the concentration of erythrocyte protoporphyrin in 43 blood samples by two fluorometric methods. In the indirect method, protoporphyrin was extracted from blood and the fluorescence of the free acid in the extract was determined with a filter-fluorometer. These results were compared with results of direct ...
journal_title：Clinical chemistry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:We have devloped an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for determining choriomammotropin (human placental lactogen) in serum. Unlabeled hormone competes with choriomammotropin-beta-galactosidase conjugate for antibody bound to polystyrene tubes. The entire assay can be performed in 2.5 h with good precision. The coeffi...
journal_title：Clinical chemistry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Test repetition could be a readily modifiable component of laboratory utilization. Laboratory test repetition has not been rigorously studied at a population-based level. Our objective was to determine the prevalence of, and charges associated with, repetition of eight common laboratory tests. METHODS:We pe...
journal_title：Clinical chemistry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1373/clinchem.2003.021220
更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00
abstract：:We describe a method for determination of guanidino compounds in plasma and erythrocytes. The compounds are separated by liquid chromatography, the concentrations in the effluent being estimated fluorometrically (Trans. Am. Soc. Artif. Intern. Organs 24: 61, 1978). Guanidinoacetic acid, guanidinosuccinic acid, guanidi...
journal_title：Clinical chemistry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A liquid-chromatographic technique with a post-column enzymatic reaction and fluorescence detection was validated for analysis of individual bile acids in the serum of rats. Extraction recoveries averaged 91.1% (SD 6.9%) for all bile acids. The assay was sensitive (minimum detection of 16.8 pmol per 100-microL injecti...
journal_title：Clinical chemistry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A simple and convenient method using commercially available derivatization reagents is described for the measurement of betaine and N,N-dimethylglycine (DMG) in blood and urine. Precolumn derivatization of plasma or urine is performed directly in acetonitrile without extraction with p-bromophenacyl bromide and crown e...
journal_title：Clinical chemistry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：BACKGROUND:Gas6 is a vitamin K-dependent antiapoptotic protein that has been implicated in cardiovascular pathophysiology. We report the development and validation of an ELISA for Gas6, and the variation of plasma Gas6 with hormonal status in a study designed to evaluate the effect of oral contraception on plasma marke...
journal_title：Clinical chemistry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1373/clinchem.2007.089102
更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Creatinine and specific gravity (relative density) measurements both allow differences in urine concentration to be taken into account in determining urine cotinine concentrations. In this study we demonstrate that the variance of urine cotinine measurements is reduced comparably when either creatinine or specific gra...
journal_title：Clinical chemistry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:In this fluorometric assay for phospholipase A2 (EC 3.1.1.4) in serum we use the fluorescent phospholipid analog 1-octacosanyl-2-(pyren-1-yl)hexanoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphatid yl monomethyl ester as substrate. The optimized conditions are: 28 mumol of the substrate per liter of Tris buffer (20 mmol/L, pH 7.4). The hydro...
journal_title：Clinical chemistry
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：
更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00
