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Published on: December 12, 2011
Multiplex Immunoassay Profiling of Hormones Involved in Metabolic Regulation
Laurie Stephen1, Paul C Guest2
1Ampersand Biosciences, Saranac Lake, NY, USA.
Abstract:
Multiplex immunoassays are used for rapid profiling of biomarker proteins and small molecules in biological fluids. The advantages over single immunoassays include lower sample consumption, cost, and labor. This chapter details a protocol to develop a 5-plex assay for glucagon-like peptide 1, growth hormone, insulin, leptin, and thyroid-stimulating hormone on the Luminex® platform. The results of the analysis of insulin in normal control subjects are given due to the important role of this hormone in nutritional programming diseases.
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