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. 2023 Mar 23;11:1108546. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1108546

Table 5.

Type of antibody measured, units of measure and assays.

Author Antibodies measured Unit of measure Assay
Caillard Anti-spike IgG WHO BAU/mL NR
Karaba Antinucleocapsid antibody (anti-N), anti- RBD Protein, anti-S immunoglobulin IgG ACE2 neutralizing antibodies WHO BAU/mL Multiplex chemiluminescent Meso Scale Diagnostics (MSD, Rockville, MD) V-PLEX COVID-19 Respiratory Panel 3 Kit and ACE2 MSD V-PLEX SARS-CoV-2 ACE2 Panel 23 Kit
Kamar Anti-spike total antibody concentration WHO BAU/mL Wantai enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay test
Teles Anti-RBD Protein Ig U/mL Roche Elecsys immunoassay
Mitchell Anti-RBD Protein Ig Anti-S1 domain of the spike protein AU/mL Roche Elecsys immunoassay and EUROIMMUN Anti-SARS-CoV-2 enzyme immunoassay
Osmanodja Anti-spike protein S1 IgG Anti-RBD Protein Ig Serological response rate EUROIMMUN Medizinische Labordiagnostika AG and Roche Elecsys immunoassay
Aikawa Total IgG against the SARS-CoV-2 S1 and S2 protein Circulating NAb AU/mL Chemiluminescent immunoassay on the ETI-MAX-3000, LIAISON SARS-CoV-2 S1/S2 IgG kit, DiaSorin SARS-CoV-2 sVNT kit GenScript
Mrak Anti-RBD Protein Ig Anti-S1 domain of the spike protein BAU/ml Roche Elecsys immunoassay
Ntanasis-Stathopoulos antibody-mediated reduction of SARS-CoV-2 RBD binding to the human host receptor angiotensin converting enzyme type 2 Serological response rate cPass SARS-CoV-2 Nabs Detection Kit (GenScript, Piscataway, NJ)
Perrier Anti-RBD Protein Ig BAU/ml Wantai SARS-CoV-2 Ab ELISA (Beijing Wantaï Biological PharmacyEnterprise), VIDAS SARS CoV-2 IgG II ELF Aassay (Biomérieux), Alinityi SARS-CoV-2 IgG II Quantassay (Abbott), Elecsysanti-SARS CoV-2 S assay (Roche Diagnostics) Atellica sCOVG IgG assay (Siemens Healthineers).
Assawasaksakul Anti-RBD of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein AU/ml SARS-CoV-2IgG II Quant assay (Abbott Diagnostics)
Gössi Anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodies binding to S1 and S2 antigens AU/ml automated immunoassay analyzer Liaison® XL by DiaSorin, Saluggia, Italy
Harberts Anti-RBD Protein Ig AU/ml Roche Elecsys immunoassay
Benjamini (IgG), aimed at the SARS-CoV-2 S protein receptor–binding domain (RBD) BAU/mL SARS-CoV-2 IgG II Quant (AbbottLaboratories, Abbott Park, Illinois),
Midtvedt Anti-SARS-CoV-2 (Wuhan) receptor-binding domain (RBD) binding-(x-axis) and neutralizing-antibodies BAU/mL NR
Peled SARS-CoV-2 anti-RBD IgGantibodies; IgG against sublineage B.1 of the wild-type virus, the B.1.617.2(delta) variant and the B.1.1.529(omicron) variant AU/ml SARS-CoV-2 IgGIIQuant assay, Abbott, USA and live virus microneutralization assays
Thomson Antibodies to nucleocapsid protein (anti-NP) BAU/mL Abbott Architect SARS-CoV-2 IgG 2 step chemiluminescent immunoassay (CMIA)
Busà IgG antibodies against S1 and S2 fragments of the Spike protein BAU/mL Chemiluminescent immunoassay (CLIA) LIAISON® Trimeric SARS-CoV-2 S1/S2 IgG (DiaSorin S.p.A., Saluggia, VC, Italy)
Brandstetter Anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies directed against the receptor binding domain of the S1 subunit of the spike (S) protein BAU/mL SARS-CoV-2 IgG II Quant assay (Abbott Ireland Diagnostics Division, Sligo, Ireland)
Hod IgG antibodies to the RBD of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein AU/ml SARS-CoV-2 IgGIIQuantassay, Abbott, USA and live virus microneutralization assays
Bjorlykke IgG antibodies to the RBD of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein BAU/mL In-house bead-based method validated against a micro-neutralization assay at the Department of Immunology at Oslo University Hospital
Lamacchia Evaluation of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein antibodies, including the anti-spike-specific (in trimeric form) IgGs, anti-spike RBD-specific IgGs, anti-spike-specific IgMs, anti-nucleoprotein-specific IgGs, and neutralizing antibodies that block the binding of spike protein with the ACE2 receptor BAU/ml chemiluminescent immunoassay (CLIA) LIAISON® Trimeric SARS-CoV-2 S1/S2 IgG (DiaSorin S.p.A., Saluggia, VC, Italy), SARS-CoV-2 IgG II Quant (Abbott Rome, Italy), test for neutralizing antibodies that block the binding of spike protein with the ACE2 receptor (Dia.Pro Diagnostic Bioprobes, Milan, Italy)
Affeldt IgG antibodies to the RBD of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein, antibodies targeting additional regions of the spike protein, IgG against the S1 region BAU/ml Chemiluminescent microparticle immunoassay (CMIA) SARS-CoV-2 IgG II Quant by Abbott on the automated system Alinity I (Abbott, Abbott Park, IL, USA), (CLIA) LIAISON® SARS-CoV-2 TrimericS IgG assay by DiaSorin, Euroimmun anti-SARS-CoV-2-QuantiVac-ELISA (Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay)
Davidov Serum titers of IgG antibodies against the SARS-CoV-2 spike RBD BAU/mL SARS-CoV-2 IgGIIQuant assay, Abbott, USA and live virus microneutralization assays

BAU, basal antibody units; NR, not reported; NA, not assessed; WHO, World Health Organization; ACE, angiotensin-converting enzyme; Ab, antibody; RBD, Receptor Binding Domain; U, unit; AU, antibody units, ELU, Elisa laboratory units; Nab, neutralizing antibodies.