A PROTEIN MICROARRAY FOR CHARACTERIZING THE SPECIFICITY OF THE MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULINS OF MGUS OR MYELOMA PATIENTS

The present invention concerns materials and methods for characterizing monoclonal immunoglobulin specificity of a Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance (MGUS) or Myeloma patients using a protein microarray comprising (a) a substrate, (b) antigens immobilized on the substrate, said anti...

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Hauptverfasser: CHARLIER, CATHY, BIGOT-CORBEL, EDITH, JACQUES, YANNICK, FERON, DELPHINE, HERLÉDAN, ADRIEN, HERMOUET, SYLVIE, WEIGEL, PIERRE
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Zusammenfassung:The present invention concerns materials and methods for characterizing monoclonal immunoglobulin specificity of a Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance (MGUS) or Myeloma patients using a protein microarray comprising (a) a substrate, (b) antigens immobilized on the substrate, said antigens being selected from a defined group consisting of infectious agent antigens and/or self-antigens. In particular said protein microarray may be used to improve diagnosis, for the prognosis of myeloma or MGUS, for preventing transformation of MGUS toward myeloma, for adapting treatment of MGUS and myeloma or for monitoring the response to therapy of MGUS and myeloma patients.