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  • Title: Evaluation of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay kit (GTI PakPlus) for the detection of antibodies against human platelet antigens.
    Author: Lucas GF, Rogers SE.
    Journal: Transfus Med; 1999 Mar; 9(1):63-7. PubMed ID: 10216906.
    Abstract:
    Twenty-six serum samples from 24 patients were investigated for the presence of platelet-specific antibodies in a partly retrospective (n = 15) and partly prospective (n = 9) study. The sera contained either alloantibodies to human platelet antigens (HPA) (n = 23) or were from clinically suspected cases of fetomaternal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (FMAITP) in which platelet-specific antibodies had not been detected (n = 3). Three techniques were used to detect platelet antibodies: the platelet immunofluorescence test, the monoclonal antibody immobilization of platelet antigens (MAIPA) assay and a commercially available enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay--GTI PakPlus (GTI kit). Two alkaline phosphatase-conjugated antiglobulin reagents provided by the manufacturer were used in the GTI kit: an antihuman IgG/IgA/IgM (IgGAM) conjugate and an antihuman IgG conjugate. The GTI kit with the anti-IgGAM conjugate failed to detect eight antibody specificities in seven sera (anti-HPA-1a [n = 3], anti-HPA-3a [n = 1], anti-HPA-3b [n = 1] and anti-HPA-5b [n = 3]). Greater signal-to-background ratios were achieved in the GTI kit with the anti-IgG conjugate but five antibody specificities (anti-HPA-1a [n = 1], anti-HPA-3a [n = 1], anti-HPA-3b [n = 1], anti-HPA-5b [n = 2]) remained undetectable. All the sera were detected by MAIPA assay and, furthermore, the MAIPA assay achieved the greatest signal-to-background ratio in the majority of sera tested. These findings re-emphasize the value of the MAIPA assay in reference laboratories and illustrate that the GTI kit may either fail to detect or incorrectly identify clinically significant HPA antibodies.
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