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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Rapid and Standardized Quantitation of Hemolytic Activity of the Fourth Component of Human Complement

Christian RittnerThomas KaufmannHans-joachim Kytzia

subject

ReproducibilityErythrocytesPolymorphism GeneticChromatographyTitration curveChemistryImmunologyC4AComplement C4HematologyIn Vitro TechniquesHemolysisComplement (complexity)KineticsHumansComplement Pathway Classical

description

Based on a method that uses the fourth component of complement (C4)-deficient guinea pig serum to quantify the hemolytic activity of C4, we developed an assay that allows the processing of a large number of individual samples with high reproducibility. In contrast to the conventional procedure using titration curves of each sample to be determined, we can show that a single appropriate dilution of the sample allows accurate quantitation of hemolytic activity. The reliability of the procedure is demonstrated using either C4A- or C4B- deficient and normal individual samples.

https://doi.org/10.1159/000463162