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ArticleJournal of proteome research2018

Affimers as an Alternative to Antibodies in an Affinity LC-MS Assay for Quantification of the Soluble Receptor of Advanced Glycation End-Products (sRAGE) in Human Serum.

Frank Klont, Marrit Hadderingh, Péter Horvatovich, Nick H T Ten Hacken, Rainer Bischoff

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Article in Journal of proteome research, 2018. 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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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed, 26 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Frank KlontDepartment of Analytical Biochemistry, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy , University of Groningen , Antonius Deusinglaan 1 , 9713 AV Groningen , The Netherlands.
Marrit HadderinghDepartment of Analytical Biochemistry, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy , University of Groningen , Antonius Deusinglaan 1 , 9713 AV Groningen , The Netherlands.
Péter HorvatovichDepartment of Analytical Biochemistry, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy , University of Groningen , Antonius Deusinglaan 1 , 9713 AV Groningen , The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-2218-1140
Nick H T Ten HackenDepartment of Pulmonary Diseases, University Medical Center Groningen , University of Groningen , Hanzeplein 1 , 9713 GZ Groningen , The Netherlands.
Rainer BischoffDepartment of Analytical Biochemistry, Groningen Research Institute of Pharmacy , University of Groningen , Antonius Deusinglaan 1 , 9713 AV Groningen , The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0001-9849-0121
University of Groningen · NLUniversity Medical Center Groningen · NL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Antibodies are indispensable tools in biomedical research, but their size, complexity, and sometimes lack of reproducibility created a need for the development of alternative binders to overcome these limitations. Affimers are a novel class of affinity binders based on a structurally robust protease inhibitor scaffold (i.e., Cystatin A), which are selected by phage display and produced in a rapid and simple E. coli protein expression system. These binders have a defined amino acid sequence with defined binding regions and are versatile, thereby allowing for easy engineering. Here we present an affimer-based liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) method for quantification of the soluble Receptor of Advanced Glycation End-products (sRAGE), a promising biomarker for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The method was validated according to European Medicines Agency and U.S. Food and Drug Administration guidelines and enabled quantitation of serum sRAGE between 0.2 and 10 ng/mL. Comparison between the affimer-based method and a previously developed, validated antibody-based method showed good correlation ( R

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Amino Acid SequenceAntibodiesChromatography, AffinityChromatography, LiquidCystatin AHumansMass SpectrometryProtein BindingPulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructiveReceptor for Advanced Glycation End ProductsAGER protein, humanAntibodiesCystatin AReceptor for Advanced Glycation End ProductsaffimersbiomarkerCOPDimmunoprecipitationLC−MSquantification

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PMID30005571
PMCPMC6079930
OpenAlexW2885014630

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