{"title":"A sensitive ELISA for the quantitation of human C5a in blood plasma using a monoclonal antibody.","authors":"M Schulze, O Götze","doi":"10.1159/000467875","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>An ELISA for the quantitation of the C5a anaphylatoxin of complement in human plasma is presented which is based on the use of both a monoclonal antibody and polyclonal antibodies to C5a. Its detection limit is 1 ng C5a/ml plasma. It detects no C5a in fresh EDTA-plasma. Complete removal of C5 by an optimized precipitation step prior to the assay procedure is an essential feature of the method.</p>","PeriodicalId":77697,"journal":{"name":"Complement (Basel, Switzerland)","volume":"3 1","pages":"25-39"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1986-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1159/000467875","citationCount":"24","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Complement (Basel, Switzerland)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1159/000467875","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
An ELISA for the quantitation of the C5a anaphylatoxin of complement in human plasma is presented which is based on the use of both a monoclonal antibody and polyclonal antibodies to C5a. Its detection limit is 1 ng C5a/ml plasma. It detects no C5a in fresh EDTA-plasma. Complete removal of C5 by an optimized precipitation step prior to the assay procedure is an essential feature of the method.