METHOD AND KIT FOR THE DETECTION OF HEPARIN-DEPENDENT ANTIBODIES AND THE DIAGNOSIS OF IMMUNE OR AUTOIMMUNE PATHOLOGIES POTENTIATED BY HEPARIN SUCH AS HEPARIN-INDUCED THROMBOCYTOPENIA

摘要

The invention relates to a method for the detection of heparin-dependent antibodies and the diagnosis of immune or autoimmune pathologies potentiated by a heparin substance, such as thrombocytopenia induced by heparin (HIT type II) as inducer drug. The invention is characterized in that said method comprises the steps consisting in: 1) reacting: at least one substance with high affinity for a heparin substance (SFA), consisting of any molecule or complex having a high affinity for a heparin substance, with at least one heparin substance (SH) so as to form a substance with high affinity for heparin-heparin substance (SFA-SH) complex, wherein the heparin substance is in slight or large excess, so as to be able to bind other substances with affinity for heparin; then with at least one potential antigenic substance capable of reacting with the heparin substance, thus forming a complex (Ag-SH); and, finally, with the plasma or the serum of a patient to be tested (preferably diluted to a dilution of the order of 1:100) potentially containing: an anti(Ag-SH) antibody material generated in the organism after administration of a heparin substance, and/or at least one immune complex consisting of an Ag-SH/anti(Ag-SH) antibody complex present in the plasma or serum of the patient capable of reacting with the substance with high affinity for the heparin substance-heparin substance (SFA-SH) complex, and then, 2) revealing the resulting (Ag-SH)-anti(Ag-SH) complex produced.