Description
This MAHA ELISA Assay Kit is designed, developed and produced for the quantitative measurement of MAHA in serum and plasma samples. The assay utilizes the two-site “sandwich” technique with two selected antibodies that bind to MAHA. Assay standards, controls and patient samples are directly added to wells of a microplate that is coated with highly purified human IgG. After the first incubation period, the MAHA binds to the human IgG on the wall of microtiter well and unbound proteins in each microtiter well are washed away. Then a horseradish peroxidase (HRP)-labeled human antibody is added to each microtiter well and a “sandwich” of “well coated human IgG – MAHA – HRP-conjugated human antibody” is formed. The unbound HRP conjugated human antibody is removed in the subsequent washing step. For the detection of this immunocomplex, the well is then incubated with a substrate solution in a timed reaction and then measured in a spectrophotometric microplate reader. The enzymatic activity of the immunocomplex bound to MAHA on the wall of the microtiter well is directly proportional to the amount of MAHA in the sample. A standard curve is generated by plotting the absorbance versus the respective MAHA concentration for each standard on point-to-point or 4 parameter curve fit. The concentration of MAHA in test samples is determined directly from this standard curve