Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2011, 12(11), 7748-7759; doi:10.3390/ijms12117748
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A Lateral Flow Protein Microarray for Rapid and Sensitive Antibody Assays

Jesper Gantelius 1,† email, Tarek Bass 2,† email, Ronald Sjöberg 3 email, Peter Nilsson 3 email and Helene Andersson-Svahn 1,* email
1 Division of Nanobiotechnology, School of Biotechnology, KTH-Royal Institute of Technology, Albanova University Center, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden 2 Division of Molecular Biotechnology, School of Biotechnology, KTH-Royal Institute of Technology, Albanova University Center, 106 91 Stockholm, Sweden 3 Division of Proteomics, School of Biotechnology, KTH-Royal Institute of Technology, SciLifeLab, 171 21 Solna, Sweden † These authors contributed equally to this work.
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Received: 5 September 2011; in revised form: 31 October 2011 / Accepted: 3 November 2011 / Published: 9 November 2011
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Molecular Diagnostics)
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Abstract: Protein microarrays are useful tools for highly multiplexed determination of presence or levels of clinically relevant biomarkers in human tissues and biofluids. However, such tools have thus far been restricted to laboratory environments. Here, we present a novel 384-plexed easy to use lateral flow protein microarray device capable of sensitive (< 30 ng/mL) determination of antigen-specific antibodies in ten minutes of total assay time. Results were developed with gold nanobeads and could be recorded by a cell-phone camera or table top scanner. Excellent accuracy with an area under curve (AUC of 98% was achieved in comparison with an established glass microarray assay for 26 antigen-specific antibodies. We propose that the presented framework could find use in convenient and cost-efficient quality control of antibody production, as well as in providing a platform for multiplexed affinity-based assays in low-resource or mobile settings.
Keywords: point of care; protein microarray; lateral flow

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Gantelius, J.; Bass, T.; Sjöberg, R.; Nilsson, P.; Andersson-Svahn, H. A Lateral Flow Protein Microarray for Rapid and Sensitive Antibody Assays. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2011, 12, 7748-7759.

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Gantelius J, Bass T, Sjöberg R, Nilsson P, Andersson-Svahn H. A Lateral Flow Protein Microarray for Rapid and Sensitive Antibody Assays. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2011; 12(11):7748-7759.

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Gantelius, Jesper; Bass, Tarek; Sjöberg, Ronald; Nilsson, Peter; Andersson-Svahn, Helene. 2011. "A Lateral Flow Protein Microarray for Rapid and Sensitive Antibody Assays." Int. J. Mol. Sci. 12, no. 11: 7748-7759.

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