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Measurement of Antibody Effects on Cellular Function of Isolated Cardiomyocytes
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Immunology and Infection
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JoVE Journal Immunology and Infection
Measurement of Antibody Effects on Cellular Function of Isolated Cardiomyocytes
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13:42 min

March 08, 2013

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Chapters

  • 00:05Title
  • 01:51IgG Isolation from Patient Samples
  • 04:39Isolation of Rat Cardiomyocytes
  • 08:27Fura-2 Staining of Cardiomyocytes
  • 09:43Recording of Cell Shortening and Ca2+ Transients
  • 12:24Results: The Measurement of an IgG Sample Containing Cardiodepressive Antibodies
  • 13:15Conclusion

Summary

Automatic Translation

The presented method offers a way to detect functional effective cardiotropic autoantibodies in the plasma of patients with dilated cardiomyopathy, irrespective of the specific antigen, by analysing the impact of isolated patient immunoglobulin on cellular shortening and intracellular calcium transients in isolated rat cardiomyocytes.

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