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Multiple myeloma (MM) is a serious disease that is difficult to diagnose especially at early stage. Infrared spectroscopy is a promising approach for diagnosing MM. The principal component analysis (PCA) allows us to reduce the dimension of the data and keep only the important variables. In this study, we apply principal components analysis to infrared (IR) spectra of blood serum from healthy donors and multiple myeloma patients. As a result of the analysis by PCA, it was possible to visualize the separation of patient’s and donor’s samples into two clusters. The result indicates that this method is potentially applicable for diagnosis of multiple myeloma.

One of the promising approaches for diagnosing oncohematological diseases is infrared spectroscopy of blood serum. In this work secondary structure of blood serum proteins of patients with multiple myeloma, chronic lymphocytic leukemia and healthy donors was studied using IR spectroscopy. As a result of the study, it was found that the secondary structure of blood serum proteins in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia does not change in comparison with healthy donors. In contrast, patients with multiple myeloma have significant differences in the secondary structure composition of serum proteins compared to healthy donors. We conclude, that IR spectroscopy makes it possible to distinguish serum of healthy donors and patients with multiple myeloma, leading to the potential applicability of this approach to the diagnosis of multiple myeloma.

In this work we designed, synthesized and characterized luminescent metal nanoclusters (NCs) on human serum albumin (HSA) and immunoglobulins (Ig). We demonstrate that the approach developed allows one to determine the relative content of albumins and immunoglobulins in biologically relevant protein mixtures based on the luminescent properties of the NCs. Fast and inexpensive approach which allows to determine concentrations of immunoglobulins (Ig) and serum albumin (HSA) in blood serum might be useful in clinical diagnostics.

Refractometric analysis is very rapid, accurate and simple method of analysis measuring refractive index of biological liquids such as serum, plasma, spinal fluid, urine. This method can be used for definition total protein and solids concentrations in serum. The value of refractive index depends on all substances in serum including proteins, lipids as well as low molecular weight compounds, for example ions of different metals. Refractometric analysis shows strong correlations between protein concentrations in serum of patients with multiple myeloma and its(serum) refractive index which depends on protein concentration and doesn't depends on electrolyte disbalance.