| 摘要 |
Utilizing mouse monoclonal antibodies which recognize Rodgers 1 and Chido 1 epitopes carried on the C4A and C4B molecules, and heat aggregated IgG to activate C1, an immunoassay was developed for the quantitation of complement components, including total C4, C4A and C4B. Interassay variation was 12.4%, 11.5% and 10.8%, respectively. The immunoassay was compared to the quantitation of total C4 by radial immunodiffusion by testing 103 random white controls and gave a Pearson's product moment correlation coefficient of 0.81. Three genetic total C4 deficient individuals were nonreactive in all three assays. This activated assay is specific, reproducible and superior to existing methods for the quantitation of C4A and C4B and detection of the heterozygous C4 null states.
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