Serum monoclonal immunoglobulin light-chain detection differs between immunofixation electrophoresis methods in patients with AL amyloidosis
International Journal of Hematology(2024)
摘要
Serum immunofixation electrophoresis (IFE) is often performed for screening monoclonal proteins (M proteins) in immunoglobulin light-chain amyloidosis (AL amyloidosis). However, the performance of serum IFE for detecting M protein in AL amyloidosis patients is often insufficient. In this study, we examined the detection rate of serum M protein in newly diagnosed AL amyloidosis patients and analyzed differences in M protein detection between IFE methods. Among 60 patients newly diagnosed with AL amyloidosis, 22 had undetectable serum M protein by IFE with the Epalyzer2 system. Samples with undetectable M protein had significantly lower involved serum-free light-chain (iFLC) and a smaller difference between involved and uninvolved serum-free light-chain (dFLC) values than samples with IFE-detectable monoclonal light chains. When samples that tested negative for M protein by the Epalyzer2 system were retested by IFE with the HYDRASYS 2 system, 50
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AL amyloidosis,IFE,M protein,Immunoglobulin light chain,FLC
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