Performance evaluation and cross-reactivity from insulin analogs with the ARCHITECT insulin assay.

Background: Insulin measurement is used for the diagnosis of hypoglycemia and for insulin pharmacokinetic evaluations. We assessed the analytical and clinical performance of the ARCHITECT insulin assay, a chemiluminescent immunoassay recently introduced for the ARCHITECT i2000 fully automated immunoassay analyzer (Abbott Laboratories). We also tested whether major insulin analogs cross-reacted with the immunoassay reagents.

[Usefulness of anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies (anti-CCP) for the diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis].

Rheumatoid factor (RF) has been commonly used as a marker of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). RF can be detected in 60-80% of RA patients, but the specificity is low against other rheumatic diseases patients. We evaluated the diagnostic accuracy of anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibody (anti-CCP), a new diagnostic test for RA.