As reported by Rodero et al.26 (link), a Simoa interferon alpha (IFN-α) assay was developed using a Quanterix Homebrew Simoa assay and two autoantibodies specific for IFN-α isolated and cloned from two APS1/APECED patients recently described24 (link). The 8H1 antibody clone was used as a capture antibody after coating on paramagnetic beads (0.3 mg/mL), and the 12H5 was biotinylated (biotin/Ab ratio = 30/1) and used as the detector. Recombinant IFN-α17/αI (PBL Assay Science) was used as a standard curve after cross-reactivity testing. The limits of detection (LOD) were calculated by the mean value of all blank runs + 3SDs and was 0.23 fg/mL.
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