Anti–Cardiac Troponin Autoantibodies Are Specific to the Conformational Epitopes Formed by Cardiac Troponin I and Troponin T in the Ternary Troponin Complex
Author(s) -
Alexandra V Vylegzhanina,
Alexander E Kogan,
Ivan A. Katrukha,
О. В. Антипова,
Andrey N. Kara,
A. Bereznikova,
Ekaterina V Koshkina,
Alexey G Katrukha
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
clinical chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.705
H-Index - 218
eISSN - 1530-8561
pISSN - 0009-9147
DOI - 10.1373/clinchem.2016.261602
Subject(s) - troponin , cardiology , troponin t , epitope , medicine , autoantibody , troponin complex , troponin i , antibody , myocardial infarction , immunology
Autoantibodies to cardiac troponins (TnAAbs) could negatively affect cardiac troponin I (cTnI) measurements by TnAAbs-sensitive immunoassays. We investigated the epitope specificity of TnAAbs and its influence on cTnI immunodetection in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI).
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