High-throughput, multiplexed IgG subclassing of antigen-specific antibodies from clinical samples

EP Brown, AF Licht, AS Dugast, I Choi… - Journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
In vivo, the activity of antibodies relies critically on properties of both the variable domain,
responsible for antigen recognition, and the constant domain, responsible for innate immune
recognition. Here, we describe a flexible, microsphere-based array format for capturing
information about both functional ends of disease-specific antibodies from complex,
polyclonal clinical serum samples. Using minimal serum, we demonstrate IgG subclass
profiling of multiple antibody specificities. We further capture and determine the subclass of …