Long-Term Dynamic of Anti-TrimericS and Anti-RBD Antibodies in Naive and COVID-19 Recovered mRNA-1273 Vaccine Recipients.

Objective: Patients and physicians are increasingly requesting their clinical laboratory to provide SARS-CoV-2 serology interpretation. Our study aimed to assess the evolution of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in Moderna-vaccinated health care workers.

Methods: We analyzed the evolution of mRNA-1273 (Moderna)-elicited antibodies by 2 high-throughput assays, TrimericS IgG (Diasorin) and SARS-CoV-2 IgG-II (Abbott).

An original multiplex method to assess five different SARS-CoV-2 antibodies.

Objectives: Accurate SARS-CoV-2 serological assays are urgently needed to help diagnose infection, determine past exposure of populations and assess the response to future vaccines. The study aims at assessing the performance of the multiplex D-tek COVIDOT 5 IgG assay for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodies (N, S1+S2, S1, S2 and RBD).

Methods: Sensitivity and dynamic trend to seropositivity were evaluated in 218 samples obtained from 46 rRT-PCR confirmed COVID-19 patients.

Value of non-identified ANCA (non-PR3, non-MPO) in the diagnosis of granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener's granulomatosis).

Objective: Determine the frequency of granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) associated with non-identified ANCA (non-MPO, non-PR3 ANCA) and secondarily compare their clinic with GPA associated with MPO-positive or PR3-positive ANCA.

Methods: In a monocentric retrospective observational study, clinical data of 398 patients with non-identified ANCA (titer of ANCA at least 1/80 by immunofluorescence on ethanol fixed PMN) was gathered over a period of 6 years. GPA patients from this population were compared with GPA patients with identified ANCA on the basis of clinical, biological, immunological and histological features.

Clinical significance of Cryofibrinogenemia: possible pathophysiological link with Raynaud's phenomenon.

Objective: To describe the clinical findings and prevalence of patients with cryofibrinogenemia (CF) and to determine whether CF is associated with primary Raynaud's phenomenon.

Methods: Between June 2006 and December 2009, 227 patients were tested for CF in a single university hospital. Forty-five patients with primary Raynaud's phenomenon were tested for CF.

Betaine homocysteine methyl transferase 1, a novel auto-antigen associated with anti-Golgi immune reactivity.

Anti-Golgi antibodies are rare autoantibodies that have been described in systemic autoimmune diseases. Not all Golgi auto-antigens are known. The objective of this study was to identify a novel auto-antigen associated with anti-Golgi immune reactivity.

Flow cytometry for basophil activation markers: the measurement of CD203c up-regulation is as reliable as CD63 expression in the diagnosis of cat allergy.

The flow cytometric basophil activation test (BAT), based on the detection of allergen-induced CD63 expression, has been proved effective in the diagnosis of various IgE-mediated allergies. However, there is not yet consensus about the suitability of CD203c expression as a specific basophil activation marker and its diagnostic reliability. The goal of the present study was to compare measurement of CD63 and CD203c expression using BAT in a model of cat allergy and to determine optimal experimental conditions for both markers.

Predictive markers for development of severe organ involvement in patients with systemic sclerosis.

Prognosis of systemic sclerosis (SSc) is associated with the extent of skin involvement and the presence of lung, heart, kidney, and/or digestive tract damage. Most patients do not require disease-modifying therapy. However, to avoid irreversible tissue injury, early detection of visceral involvement is crucial for prompt initiation of therapy.

IL-4 and IL-13 mRNA real-time PCR quantification on whole blood to assess allergic response.

Although routinely used in clinical practice, skin prick tests and serum specific IgE often fail to distinguish between IgE-sensitization and symptomatic IgE-mediated allergy. There is therefore a need for new laboratory tests relating allergic symptoms to the offending agent. In this way, we evaluated the diagnostic reliability of a new whole blood quantitative real-time PCR assay for IL-4 and IL-13 mRNAs.

Antiendomysial and antihuman recombinant tissue transglutaminase antibodies in the diagnosis of coeliac disease: a biopsy-proven European multicentre study.

Objective: To investigate the value of serum antitissue transglutaminase IgA antibodies (IgA-TTG) and IgA antiendomysial antibodies (IgA-EMA) in the diagnosis of coeliac disease in cohorts from different geographical areas in Europe. The setting allowed a further comparison between the antibody results and the conventional small-intestinal histology.

Methods: A total of 144 cases with coeliac disease [median age 19.

Reliability of antitransglutaminase antibodies as predictors of gluten-free diet compliance in adult celiac disease.

Objective: Strict lifelong compliance to a gluten-free diet (GFD) minimizes the long-term risk of mortality, especially from lymphoma, in adult celiac disease (CD). Although serum IgA antitransglutaminase (IgA-tTG-ab), like antiendomysium (IgA-EMA) antibodies, are sensitive and specific screening tests for untreated CD, their reliability as predictors of strict compliance to and dietary transgressions from a GFD is not precisely known. We aimed to address this question in consecutively treated adult celiacs.