Heavy and light chains all at once: A new immunofluorescence technique to evaluate monoclonal immunoglobulin deposits

Heavy chain/light chain (HLC) antibodies target conformational epitopes at the junctions of the heavy chain and light chain constant regions (CH1 and CL) of serum IgGκ, IgGλ, IgAκ, IgAλ, IgMκ, and IgMλ to provide quantitation of intact HLC pairs. Here, we developed an HLC tissue immunofluorescence protocol to test if it can complement conventional immunofluorescence in the diagnosis of monoclonal gammopathy-associated kidney diseases. HLC immunofluorescence was performed on archived frozen tissue of 104 kidney biopsies.

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