Introduction
Autoimmune diseases
Autoantibodies - Introduction
Autoantibodies - Determination
 
Autoantibodies
Rheumatoid Factor
Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA)
Specific Antibodies
Anti-neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies
(ANCA)
Anti-phospholipid Antibodies
Anti-mitochondrial Antibodies (AMA)
Anti-endothelial Cell Antibodies (AECA)
Anti CCP antibodies
Antibodies against DNases
 
Quality Assurance
 
Reference ranges
 
Algorithm
ANA and incidence of diseases
Proposed stepwise diagnosis scheme
Positive Immunoflourescence -
Nucleoplasmic
Positive Immunoflourescence - Nucleolar
Positive Immunoflourescence -
Cytoplasmic
Type of autoimmune diseases
Conditions associated with antinuclear
antibodies (ANA)
 
Slide show
 
References
 
Collaborators
Anti-mitochondrial Antibodies (AMA) - Determination


Anti-mitochondrial Antibodies (AMA) - Sample

Serum
Specimen stable at 2-8°C for 1 week.

Anti-mitochondrial Antibodies (AMA) - Methods

Anti-mitochondrial Antibodies (AMA) – Indirect immunofluorescence assay
See Antinuclear Antibodies – Indirect immunofluorescence assay.

Anti-mitochondrial Antibodies (AMA) - Radioimmunoassay
See Appendix.

Anti-mitochondrial Antibodies (AMA) - ELISA
See Antinuclear Antibodies - ELISA.

Material
Pattern: AMA
Substrate: Rat kidney

Description

The fluorescence is on mitochondria of the cell cytoplasm. Nuclei are not stained, while cytoplasm shows a granular fluorescence.

Method
Indirect immunoflourescence method.