Plasma autoantibody reactivity was studied using full-length human protein arrays (ProtoArray v5.1, PAH05251020, Thermo Fisher) [40 (link), 41 ]. The patient and two healthy blood donors were investigated in the same experiment. Protein arrays were probed with plasma at a dilution of 1:2000, and otherwise following the manufacturer’s protocol. Protein arrays were first incubated with blocking buffer (PA055, Life Technologies) for 1 h, followed by 90-min incubation with plasma, and lastly, a 90-min incubation with detection antibodies: Alexa Fluor 647 goat anti-human IgG antibody (A21445, Thermo Fisher) at 1:2000 dilution and Dylight 550 goat anti-GST (#DY550011-13–001, Cayman Chemicals) at 1:10,000 dilution. The Innopsys InnoScan 1100 AL 3-channel ultra-high resolution microarray scanner was used for detection.
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