Production des anticorps monoclonaux

in Revue Médicale de Liège (2009), 64(5-6), 248-252

Challenges for Biomarker Discovery in Body Fluids Using SELDI-TOF-MS

in Journal of Biomedicine & Biotechnology (2009)

Comparison of BNP and NT-proBNP performances for assessing heart failure in a population of patients with high incidence of with renal insufficiency

in Annales de Biologie Clinique (2009), 67(1),

Etude analytique des trois trousses de cystatine C et impact sur les formules basées sur la cystatine pour l'estimation du DFG.

in Néphrologie & Thérapeutique (2008, November), 4(6), 399-400

Analytical Validation of Diasorin Liaison and Roche Elecsys Methods for the Determination of Osteocalcin

in Journal of Bone and Mineral Research (2008, September), 23

Intérêt clinique du dosage ultrasensible de la procalcitonine

Conference (2008, May 08)

Very high performance of deamidated gliadin peptide antibodies in the diagnosis of coeliac disease

Poster (2008, May)

Comment j'explore... Revue des principaux auto-anticorps

in Revue Médicale de Liège (2008), 63(1), 43-9

Auto-immune diseases represent the 3rd cause of morbidity after cardiovascular and oncologic diseases. They often occur in young subjects. Their presence is not synonymous of disease and must be ... [more ▼]

Auto-immune diseases represent the 3rd cause of morbidity after cardiovascular and oncologic diseases. They often occur in young subjects. Their presence is not synonymous of disease and must be associated to clinical signs to be pathological. However, their discovery can require a complement of investigations and the possibility of a follow-up because some auto-antibodies are predictive of disease. This paper is concerned with the main autoantibodies that can be picked out at the laboratory of immunology. Some technical explanations and INAMI rules are explained too. [less ▲]

Proteomics for prediction and characterization of response to infliximab in Crohn's disease: a pilot study.

in Clinical Biochemistry (2008), 41(12), 960-7

OBJECTIVES: Infliximab is the first anti-TNFalpha accepted by the Food and Drug Administration for use in inflammatory bowel disease treatment. Few clinical, biological and genetic factors tend to predict ... [more ▼]

OBJECTIVES: Infliximab is the first anti-TNFalpha accepted by the Food and Drug Administration for use in inflammatory bowel disease treatment. Few clinical, biological and genetic factors tend to predict response in Crohn's disease (CD) patient subcategories, none widely predicting response to infliximab. DESIGN AND METHODS: Twenty CD patients showing clinical response or non response to infliximab were used for serum proteomic profiling on Surface Enhanced Lazer Desorption Ionisation-Time of Flight-Mass Spectrometry (SELDI-TOF-MS), each before and after treatment. Univariate and multivariate data analysis were performed for prediction and characterization of response to infliximab. RESULTS: We obtained a model of classification predicting response to treatment and selected relevant potential biomarkers, among which platelet aggregation factor 4 (PF4). We quantified PF4, sCD40L and IL-6 by ELISA for correlation studies. CONCLUSIONS: This first proteomic pilot study on response to infliximab in CD suggests association between platelet metabolism and response to infliximab and requires validation studies on a larger cohort of patients. [less ▲]

Monomeric calgranulins measured by SELDI-TOF mass spectrometry and calprotectin measured by ELISA as biomarkers in arthritis

in Clinical Chemistry (2008), 54

BACKGROUND: SELDI-TOF mass spectrometry (MS) is a high-throughput proteomic approach with potential for identifying novel forms of serum biomarkers of arthritis. METHODS: We used SELDI-TOF MS to analyze ... [more ▼]

BACKGROUND: SELDI-TOF mass spectrometry (MS) is a high-throughput proteomic approach with potential for identifying novel forms of serum biomarkers of arthritis. METHODS: We used SELDI-TOF MS to analyze serum samples from patients with various forms of inflammatory arthritis. Several protein profiles were collected on different Bio-Rad Laboratories ProteinChip arrays (CM10 and IMAC-Cu(2+)) and were evaluated statistically to select potential biomarkers. RESULTS: SELDI-TOF MS analyses identified several calgranulin proteins [S100A8 (calgranulin A), S100A9 (calgranulin B), S100A9*, and S100A12 (calgranulin C)], serum amyloid A (SAA), SAA des-Arg (SAA-R), and SAA des-Arg/des-Ser (SAA-RS) as biomarkers and confirmed the results with other techniques, such as western blotting, immunoprecipitation, and nano-LC-MS/MS. The S100 proteins were all able to significantly differentiate samples from patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriatic arthritis (PsA), and ankylosing spondylitis (AS) from those of patients with inflammatory bowel diseases used as an inflammatory control (IC) group, whereas the SAA, SAA-R, and SAA-RS proteins were not, with the exception of AS. The 4 S100 proteins were coproduced in all of the pathologies and were significantly correlated with the plasma calprotectin concentration; however, these S100 proteins were correlated with the SAA peak intensities only in the RA and IC patient groups. In RA, these S100 proteins (except for S100A12) were significantly correlated with the serum concentrations of C-reactive protein, matrix metalloproteinase 3, and anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide and with the Disease Activity Score (DAS(28)). CONCLUSIONS: The SELDI-TOF MS technology is a powerful approach for analyzing the status of monomeric, truncated, or posttranslationally modified forms of arthritis biomarkers, such as the S100A8, S100A9, S100A12, and SAA proteins. The fact that the SELDI-TOF MS data were correlated with results obtained with the classic calprotectin ELISA test supports the reliability of this new proteomic technique. [less ▲]