Cytokine multiplex analysis

Methods Mol Biol. 2009:511:85-105. doi: 10.1007/978-1-59745-447-6_4.

Abstract

The ability to monitor gene expression in experimental and clinical samples is an essential element of modern molecular biology and cell biology research. However with the advent of a systems biology approach toward understanding cell and cancer biology, analysis of expression of a single gene is no longer desirable. Today, multiplex analysis, where the expression of 8-100 genes can be monitored in one sample, has become a routine aspect of gene expression analysis. In this chapter the various assays systems commercially available for multiplex analysis of both RNA and protein will be discussed.

MeSH terms

  • Biological Assay* / instrumentation
  • Biological Assay* / methods
  • Cytokines / analysis*
  • Gene Expression Profiling* / instrumentation
  • Gene Expression Profiling* / methods
  • Genomics / instrumentation
  • Genomics / methods
  • Humans
  • Microspheres
  • Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis* / instrumentation
  • Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis* / methods
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction / instrumentation
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods
  • RNA / analysis

Substances

  • Cytokines
  • RNA