2010 Publications of Interest

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine Special Issue

The SD was asked by the Editor-in-Chief of CCLM to promote a more interactive and cooperative relationship between the SD Cs and WGs and the journal. The final idea was to arrange a CCLM Special Issue dedicated to highlighting activities of SD Cs/WGs. A listing of the content from the CCLM Special Issue is as follows:

Clin Chem Lab Med 2010;48(11): 1529-1682

1. Nucleic acid reference materials (NARMs): definitions and issues. Payne DA, van Schaik RHN, Schimmel H, Rousseau F. On behalf of the IFCC Committee for Molecular Diagnostics (C-MD)  - Page 1531
2. An appraisal of statistical procedures used in derivation of reference intervals. Ichihara K, Boyd JC on behalf of the IFCC Committee on Reference Intervals and Decision Limits (C-RIDL)  - Page 1537
3. An outline for a vocabulary of nominal properties and examination - basic and general concepts and associated terms. Nordin G, Dybkaer R, Frosum U, Fuentes-Arderiu X, Schadow G, Pontet F on behalf of the IFCC-IUPAC Committee on Nomenclature, Properties, and Units (C-NPU) - Page 1553
4. Standardizing plasma protein measurements worldwide: a challenging enterprise. Merlini G, Blirup-jensen S, Johnson AM, Sheldon J, Zegers I on behalf of the IFCC Committee on Plasma Proteins (C-PP) - Page 1567
5. Standardization activities in the field of thyroid function tests: a status report. Thienpont L, Van Uytfangke K, Van Houcke S on behalf of the IFCC Working Group for Standardization of Thyroid Function Tests (WG-STFT) - Page 1577
6. Toward standardization of carbohydrate-deficient transferring (CDT) measurements: II. Performance of a laboratory network running the HPLC candidate reference measurement procedure and evaluationof a candidate reference measurement procedure and evaluation of a candidate reference material. Helander A, Wielders JPM, Jeppsson JO, Weykamp C, Siebelder C, Anton RF, Schellenberg F, Whitfield JB on behalf of the IFCC Working Group on Standardization of Carbohydrate-Deficient Transferrin (WG-CDT) - Page 1585
7. Common reference intervals for aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT) in serum: results from an IFCC multicenter study. Ceriotti F, Henny J, Queralto J, Ziyu S, Ozarda Y, Chen B, Boyd JC, Panteghini M on behalf of the IFCC Committee on Reference Intervals and Decision Limits (C-RIDL) and Committee on Reference Systems for Enzymes (C-RSE). - Page 1593
8. Development of a candidate secondary reference procedure (immunoassay based measurement procedure of higher metrological order) for cardiac troponin I: I. Antibody characterization and preliminary validation.  Noble JE, Bunk DM, Christenson RH, Cole KD, He HJ, Katrukha AG, Panteghini M, Porter RA, Schimmel H, Tate JR, Wang L on behalf of the IFC Working  Group on Standardization of troponin I (WG-TNI) - Page 1603
9. Towards the development of a certified reference material for hemoglobin A₂. Paleari R, Munoz A, Mosca A on behalf of the IFCC Working Group on Standardization of HbA₂ (WG-HbA₂) - Page 1611
10. First certified reference material for cystatin C in human serum ERM-DA471/IFCC. Grubb A, Blirup-Jensen S, Lindstrom V, Schmidt C, Althaus H, Zegers I. On behalf of the IFCC Working Group on Standardization of Cystatin C (WG-SCC) - Page 1619

Additional SD C and SD WG Publications

C-NPU - Nomenclature, Properties and Units -  Joint Committee of IFCC/IUPAC

1. Dybkaer R,"ISO terminological analysis of the VIM3 concepts quantity' and 'kind-of-quantity'". Metrologia 2010;47:127-34.
2. Fuentes-Arderiu X. "The term prostate specific antigen should be abandoned in favour of semenogelase".eJIFCC 2010:21: /ifcc-communications-publications-division-(cpd)/ifcc-publications/ejifcc-(journal)/e-journal-volumes/vol-21-n°-2/vol-21-n°-2/
3. Fuentes-Arderiu X, Remembering the "Stockholm consensus". Accred Qual Assur 2010;15: 581-584.
4. Solé-Enrech G, Fuentes-Arderiu X. "Unlikeliness limits estimation". eJIFCC 2010;21: /ifcc-communications-publications-division-(cpd)/ifcc-publications/ejifcc-(journal)/e-journal-volumes/vol-21-n°-3/vol-21-no-3-links/

C-MD - Molecular Diagnostics

1. Rousseau F, Lindsay C, Charland M, Labelle Y, Bergeron J, Blancquaert I, Delage R, Gilfix B, Miron M, Mitchell GA, Oligny L, Pazzagli M, Mamotte C, Payne  D; IFCC Scientific Division Committee on Molecular Diagnostics (C-MD). "Development and description of GETT: a genetic testing evidence tracking tool".Clin Chem Lab Med. 2010;48(10):1397-407. Epub 2010 Jul 27. PubMed PMID: 20658948.

C-PP - Plasma Proteins

1. Zegers I, Keller T, Schreiber W, Sheldon J, Albertini R, Blirup-Jensen S, Johnson M, Trapmann S, Emons H, Merlini G, Schimmel H,"Characterization of the new serum protein reference material ERM-DA470k/IFCC: value assignment by immunoassay".Clin Chem. 2010;56(12):1880-8.

C-RSE - Reference System of Enzymes

1. Infusino I, Schumann G, Ceriotti F, Panteghini M, " Standardization in clinical enzymology: a challenge for the theory of metrological traceability". Clin Chem Lab Med. 2010;48:301-7.
2. Toussaint B, Emons H, Schimmel HG, Bossert-Reuther S, Canalias F, Ceriotti F, Férard G, Ferrero CA, Franck PF, Gella FJ, Henny J, Jørgensen PJ, Klauke R, Lessinger JM, Mazziotta D, Panteghini M, Ueda S, Schumann G, " Traceability of values for catalytic activity concentration of enzymes: a Certified Reference Material for aspartate transaminase".Clin Chem Lab Med. 2010;48:795-803.

WG-SCC - Standardization of Cystatin C

1. Zegers I, Auclair G, Schimmel H, Emons H, Blirup-Jensen S, Schmidt C, Lindström V, Grubb A, Althaus H, "Certification of cystatin C in the human serum reference material ERM-DA471/IFCC". EUR 24408 EN, European Communities, Luxembourg, 2010, ISBN 978-92-79-07562- 9. In: European Communities, ed., Vol. Luxembourg, 2010: 1-26.
2. Grubb A, Björk J, Nyman U, Pollak J, Bengzon J, Östnern G, Lindström V:"Cystatin C, a marker for successful aging and glomerular filtration rate, is not influenced by inflammation." The Scandinavian Journal of Clinical & Laboratory Investigation, SCLI-2010-0243.R1
3. Grubb A."Non-invasive estimation of glomerular fi ltration rate (GFR). The Lund model: Simultaneous use of cystatin C- and creatinine-based GFR-prediction equations, clinical data and an internal quality check".The Scandinavian Journal of Clinical & Laboratory Investigation, SCLI- 2010; 70: 65-70

WG-STFT - Standardization of Thyroid Function Tests

1. Thienpont LM, Van Uytfanghe K, Beastall G, Faix JD, Ieiri T, Miller WG, Nelson JC, Ronin C, Ross HA, Thijssen JH, Toussaint B; for the IFCC Working Group on Standardization of Thyroid Function Tests."Report of the IFCC Working Group for Standardization of Thyroid Function Tests, Part 1: Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone". Clin Chem 2010; 56:902-11.
2. Thienpont LM, Van Uytfanghe K, Beastall G, Faix JD, Ieiri T, Miller WG, Nelson JC, Ronin C, Ross HA, Thijssen JH, Toussaint B; for the IFCC Working Group on Standardization of Thyroid Function Tests, "Report of the IFCC Working Group for Standardization of Thyroid Function Tests, Part 2: Free Thyroxine and Free Triiodothyronine." Clin Chem 2010;56:912-20.
3. Thienpont LM, Van Uytfanghe K, Beastall G, Faix JD, Ieiri T, Miller WG, Nelson JC, Ronin C, Ross HA, Thijssen JH, Toussaint B; for the IFCC Working Group on Standardization of Thyroid Function Tests, "Report of the IFCC Working Group for Standardization of Thyroid Function Tests--Part 3: Total Thyroxine and Total Triiodothyronine". Clin Chem 2010;56:921-9.
4. Anckaert E, Poppe K, Van Uytfanghe K, Schiettecatte J, Foulon W, Thienpont LM, "FT4 immunoassays may display a pattern during pregnancy similar to the equilibrium dialysis ID-LC/tandem MS candidate reference measurement procedure in spite of susceptibility towards binding protein alterations." Clin Chim Acta 2010;411:1348-53.
5. Thienpont LM, Van Houcke SK,"Traceability to a common standard for protein measurements by immunoassay for in-vitro diagnostic purposes".Clin Chim Acta. 2010;411:2058-61.

WG-TnI - Standardisazion of TnI

1. Tate JR et al. for the IFCC Working Group on Standardization of Troponin I, "Standardisation of cardiac troponin I measurement: past and present." Pathology 2010; 42(5):402-408.