Methods and devices for the enrichment of immunoglobulin from blood

Abstract

A method for extracting at least 55% of immunoglobulin such as IgG from a biological fluid. The biological fluid containing immunoglobulin is contacted with a solid support covalently bonded to a ligand that specifically binds to immunoglobulin under conditions sufficient for non-covalent binding of immunoglobulin to the ligand. The solid support is contacted with an elution solution under conditions whereby the non-covalently bound immunoglobulin is released from the ligand and into the elution solution, wherein at least 55% of the IgG present in the biological fluid is extracted into the elution solution. The method, in some embodiments, provides a method for enriching immunoglobulin from a biological fluid comprising obtaining an initial biological fluid suspected of containing immunoglobulin and removing non-immunoglobulin components naturally occurring in the initial biological fluid to obtain a non-immunoglobulin component-reduced biological fluid.