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Ultra-sensitive immunoassays using multi-photon-detection in diagnostic proteomics of blood

  • Andrzej K. Drukier
  • , Natascha Ossetrova
  • , Elena Schors
  • , Larry R. Brown
  • , John Tomaszewski
  • , Richard Sainsbury
  • , Jasminka Godovac-Zimmermann
  • BioTraces Inc.
  • University College London

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Abstract

Multiphoton-detection methods that detect as little as 1000 atoms of 125I-streptavidin increase the sensitivity of immunoassays by 200- to 1000-fold (1 femtogram/mL). Improved background suppression allows 20- to 100-fold improvements in sensitivity for conventional immunoassays (10-50 femtogram/mL). Quantitation of low abundance biomarkers in blood (PSA, TNFα, VEGF, IL-1β, IL-6, and IL-8), for the first time for complete patient cohorts, indicates that very high analytical sensitivity and new statistical methods are crucial for serum-based diagnostic proteomics.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2375-2378
Number of pages4
JournalJournal of Proteome Research
Volume4
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2005

Keywords

  • Blood
  • Breast cancer
  • Cytokines
  • Diagnostics
  • Growth factors
  • HIV-1
  • Immunoassay
  • Multiphoton-detection
  • Proteomics
  • Serum

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