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ArticleFrontiers in immunology2020

Evaluation of a Fully Automated Antinuclear Antibody Indirect Immunofluorescence Assay in Routine Use.

Hyun-Woo Choi, Yong Jun Kwon, Ju-Heon Park, Seung-Yeob Lee, Sejong Chun, Eun Jeong Won, Jun Hyung Lee, Hyun-Jung Choi, Soo Hyun Kim, Myung-Geun Shin and 2 more

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Article in Frontiers in immunology, 2020. 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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7citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Hyun-Woo ChoiDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Chonnam National University Bitgoeul Hospital, Gwangju, South Korea.
Yong Jun KwonDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Chonnam National University Hospital, Gwangju, South Korea.
Ju-Heon ParkDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, Hwasun, South Korea.
Seung-Yeob LeeDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Chonnam National University Hospital, Gwangju, South Korea.
Sejong ChunDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Chonnam National University Hospital, Gwangju, South Korea.
Eun Jeong WonDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, Hwasun, South Korea.
Jun Hyung LeeDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, Hwasun, South Korea.
Hyun-Jung ChoiDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Chonnam National University Hospital, Gwangju, South Korea.
Soo Hyun KimDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, Hwasun, South Korea.
Myung-Geun ShinDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, Hwasun, South Korea.
Jong-Hee ShinDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Chonnam National University Hospital, Gwangju, South Korea.
Seung-Jung KeeDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Chonnam National University Hospital, Gwangju, South Korea.
Chonnam National University Hospital · KRChonnam National University Hwasun Hospital · KRChonnam National University · KR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA) using HEp-2 cells as a substrate is the gold standard for detecting antinuclear antibodies (ANA) in patient serum. However, the ANA IFA has labor-intensive nature of the procedure and lacks adequate standardization. To overcome these drawbacks, the automation has been developed and implemented to the clinical laboratory. The purposes of this study were to evaluate the analytical performance of a fully automated Helios ANA IFA analyzer in a real-life laboratory setting, and to compare the time and the cost of ANA IFA testing before and after adopting the Helios system. A total of 3,276 consecutive serum samples were analyzed for ANA using the Helios system from May to August 2019. The positive/negative results, staining patterns, and endpoint titers were compared between Helios and visual readings. Furthermore, the turnaround time and the number of wells used were compared before and after the introduction of Helios system. Of the 3,276 samples tested, 748 were positive and 2,528 were negative based on visual readings. Using visual reading as the reference standard, the overall relative sensitivity, relative specificity, and concordance of Helios reading were 73.3, 99.4, and 93.4% (

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Fluorescent Antibody Technique, IndirectPattern Recognition, AutomatedAdolescentAdultAgedAged, 80 and overAntibodies, Antineutrophil CytoplasmicAutomation, LaboratoryCell LineChildChild, PreschoolCost-Benefit AnalysisCost SavingsFemaleHumansInfantAntibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmicantinuclear antibodyautomationimmunofluorescence assaypattern recognitiontiter estimation

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PMID33343581
PMCPMC7746920
OpenAlexW3108502697

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