Comparison of 2 Serum-Free Light-Chain Assays in CKD Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Quantification of serum-free light chains (FLCs) is important in the diagnosis and monitoring of paraprotein-related diseases. There are currently 2 FLC assays available: the Freelite assay (Binding Site) and the N Latex assay (Siemens). There is emerging evidence that these assays give different results, but it is not established how kidney dysfunction affects these assays differently.

Methods

In this study, we measured and compared serum FLCs in patients with mild-to-moderate chronic kidney disease (CKD) using both assays.

Results

Although κ FLCs are higher by Freelite, λ FLCs are higher by N Latex. Both κ and λ FLCs correlate inversely with estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) in the 2 assays, but this effect is more pronounced in λ-free light-c

SUBMITTER: Sprangers B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7210599 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature