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ArticleAnnals of laboratory medicine2016

In vitro Stability of Heat Shock Protein 27 in Serum and Plasma Under Different Pre-analytical Conditions: Implications for Large-Scale Clinical Studies.

Matthias Zimmermann, Denise Traxler, Elisabeth Simader, Christine Bekos, Benjamin Dieplinger, Mitja Lainscak, Hendrik Jan Ankersmit, Thomas Mueller

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Article in Annals of laboratory medicine, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Matthias ZimmermannChristian Doppler Laboratory for Cardiac and Thoracic Diagnosis and Regeneration, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Denise TraxlerChristian Doppler Laboratory for Cardiac and Thoracic Diagnosis and Regeneration, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Elisabeth SimaderChristian Doppler Laboratory for Cardiac and Thoracic Diagnosis and Regeneration, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Christine BekosChristian Doppler Laboratory for Cardiac and Thoracic Diagnosis and Regeneration, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Benjamin DieplingerDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Konventhospital Barmherzige Brueder Linz, Linz, Austria.
Mitja LainscakDepartment of Cardiology, Department of Research and Education, General Hospital Celje, Celje, Slovenia.
Hendrik Jan AnkersmitChristian Doppler Laboratory for Cardiac and Thoracic Diagnosis and Regeneration, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
Thomas MuellerDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Konventhospital Barmherzige Brueder Linz, Linz, Austria. thomas.mueller@bs-lab.at.
Medical University of Vienna · ATConvent Hospital of the Brothers of Saint John of God · ATUniversity of Ljubljana · SI

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The effects of storage temperatures, repeated freeze-thaw cycles, or delays in separating plasma or serum from blood samples are largely unknown for heat shock protein 27 (HSP27). We evaluated (1) the imprecision of the HSP27 assay used in this study; (2) the in vitro stability of HSP27 in blood samples stored at 4°C for up to 6 hr with immediate and delayed serum/plasma separation from cells; and (3) the in vitro stability of HSP27 in blood samples stored at -80°C after repeated freeze-thaw cycles. The ELISA to detect HSP27 in this study showed a within-run CV of <9% and a total CV of <15%. After 4-6 hr of storage at 4°C, HSP27 concentrations remained stable when using serum tubes irrespective of sample handling, but HSP27 concentrations decreased by 25-45% when using EDTA plasma tubes. Compared with baseline HSP27, one freeze-thaw cycle had no effect on serum concentrations. However, plasma concentrations increased by 3.1-fold after one freeze-thaw cycle and by 7.3-fold after five freeze-thaw cycles. In conclusion, serum is an appropriate biological sample type for use in epidemiological and large-scale clinical studies.

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Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayFreezingHSP27 Heat-Shock ProteinsHumansProtein StabilityReproducibility of ResultsSpecimen HandlingTemperatureTime FactorsHSP27 Heat-Shock ProteinsHeat shock proteinsIn vitro stabilityStorage conditions

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