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Effects of serum and plasma matrices on multiplex immunoassays

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Title
Effects of serum and plasma matrices on multiplex immunoassays
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Immunologic Research, February 2014
DOI 10.1007/s12026-014-8491-6
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Yael Rosenberg-Hasson, Leo Hansmann, Michaela Liedtke, Iris Herschmann, Holden T. Maecker

Abstract

Multiplexed fluorescence or electrochemiluminescence immunoassays of soluble cytokines are commonly performed in the context of human serum or plasma, to look for disease biomarkers and to monitor the immune system in a simple and minimally invasive way. These assays provide challenges due to the complexities of the matrix (serum or plasma) and the presence of many cytokines near the limit of detection of the assay. Here, we compare the readout of matched serum and plasma samples, which are generally correlated. However, a subset of cytokines usually have higher levels in serum, and the non-specific background is significantly increased in serum versus plasma. Presumably as a result of this non-specific background, disease-related decreases in low-abundance cytokines can sometimes be detected in plasma but not in serum. We further show, through spike recovery experiments, that both serum and plasma inhibit the readout of many cytokines, with some variability between donors, but with serum causing greater inhibition than plasma in many cases. Standard diluents from different vendors can partially reverse this inhibition to varying degrees. Dilution of samples can also partly overcome the inhibitory effect of the matrix. We also show that dilution is nonlinear and differentially affects various cytokines. Together, these data argue that (1) plasma is a more sensitive matrix for detecting changes in certain low-abundance cytokines; (2) calculation of concentrations in serum or plasma matrices is inherently inaccurate; and (3) dilution of samples should not be assumed to be linear, i.e., all comparisons need to be made among similarly diluted samples.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Korea, Republic of 1 <1%
Germany 1 <1%
Unknown 142 99%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 33 23%
Researcher 21 15%
Student > Master 17 12%
Student > Bachelor 13 9%
Student > Doctoral Student 8 6%
Other 20 14%
Unknown 32 22%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 23 16%
Immunology and Microbiology 17 12%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 16 11%
Medicine and Dentistry 14 10%
Engineering 8 6%
Other 28 19%
Unknown 38 26%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 02 January 2024.
All research outputs
#7,848,514
of 25,139,853 outputs
Outputs from Immunologic Research
#281
of 939 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#90,614
of 327,082 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Immunologic Research
#4
of 12 outputs
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