Chapter 4

Immunoassay and antibody microarray analysis of the HUPO Plasma Proteome Project reference specimens: Systematic variation between sample types and calibration of mass spectrometry data

First published: 06 October 2006

Originally published in Proteomics 2005, 13, 3278–3291

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Introduction

  • Materials and methods

    • Reference specimens

    • DB immunoassays

    • Antibody arrays at GNF

      • Antibodies, reagents, microarray printing, and platform

      • Microarray layout and processing

      • Array imaging and data analysis

    • Antibody microarrays at MSI

      • Chip manufacture

      • Rolling circle amplification (RCA) immunoassay

      • Conversion of mean fluorescent intensity to concentration

    • Antibody microarrays at VARI

      • Fabrication of antibody microarrays

      • Serum labeling

      • Processing of antibody microarrays

      • Analysis

    • Retrieval and matching of IPI numbers for the analytes

  • Results

    • Antibody-based measurements of the HUPO reference specimens

    • Systematic variation between the preparation methods of the PPP reference specimens

    • Consistent alterations in specific protein abundances

    • Linkage of MS data and antibody-based measurements

  • Discussion

  • References

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