PMID- 28428353 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170622 LR - 20190722 IS - 1530-8561 (Electronic) IS - 0009-9147 (Linking) VI - 63 IP - 6 DP - 2017 Jun TI - Development of a BNP1-32 Immunoassay That Does Not Cross-React with proBNP. PG - 1110-1117 LID - 10.1373/clinchem.2016.269712 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Plasma B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) concentration reflects cardiac dysfunction and assists in determining the diagnosis and prognosis of heart failure (HF). Current BNP assays overestimate circulating bioactive BNP1-32 concentrations as they also detect less active BNP metabolites and proBNP. A specific BNP1-32 assay with negligible cross-reactivity to proBNP and/or BNP metabolites may be advantageous. METHODS: We developed a Luminex-based specific BNP1-32 immunoassay and compared results obtained from 3 other BNP assays (a Luminex-based total-BNP assay, our BNP RIA, and the commercially available Abbott Architect BNP assay) in plasma from 42 patients with HF and 22 healthy controls. RESULTS: The BNP1-32 assay showed 57% cross-reactivity with BNP2-32, but