Bile Acids Quantification by Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry: Method Validation, Reference Range, and Interference Study
Bile Acids Quantification by Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry: Method Validation, Reference Range, and Interference Study
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DOI:
10.3390/diagnostics10070462
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发表时间:
2020-07-01
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3.6
通讯作者:
Lippi, Giuseppe
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作者:
Danese, Elisa;Negrini, Davide;Lippi, Giuseppe
Bile acids (BA) play a pivotal role in cholesterol metabolism. Their blood concentration has also been proposed as new prognostic and diagnostic indicator of hepatobiliary, intestinal, and cardiovascular disease. Liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) currently represents the gold standard for analysis of BA profile in biological samples. We report here development and validation of a LC-MS/MS technique for simultaneously quantifying 15 BA species in serum samples. We also established a reference range for adult healthy subjects (n= 130) and performed a preliminary evaluation of in vitro and in vivo interference. The method displayed good linearity, with high regression coefficients (>0.99) over a range of 5 ng/mL (lower limit of quantification, LLOQ) and 5000 ng/mL for all analytes tested. The accuracies were between 85-115%. Both intra- and inter-assay imprecision was