Abstract
Administration of interferons (IFNs) may induce antibodies that interfere with therapeutic efficacy. We have optimized and validated methods for large-scale economic screening. Sera from patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS) were investigated for binding antibody (BAb) by protein-G affinity-chromatography radioimmunoassay and a commercially available enzyme immunoassay (EIA). Neutralizing antibody (NAb) was investigated by cytopathic effect assays (CEA) using both fixed amount and serially diluted sera. BAb correlated with log10-transformed titres obtained by EIA (r=0.70, P
Original language | English |
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Journal | Multiple Sclerosis |
Volume | 12 |
Issue number | 1 |
Pages (from-to) | 39-46 |
Number of pages | 8 |
ISSN | 1352-4585 |
Publication status | Published - 1 Feb 2006 |