Application of multiplex immunoassay technology to investigations of ocular disease

Expert Rev Mol Med. 2016 Aug 31:18:e15. doi: 10.1017/erm.2016.15.

Abstract

Eye-derived fluids, including tears, aqueous humour and vitreous humour often contain molecular signatures of ocular disease states. These signatures can be composed of cytokines, chemokines, growth factors, proteases and soluble receptors. However, the small quantities (<10 µl) of these fluids severely limit the detection of these proteins by traditional enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay or Western blot. To maximise the amount of information generated from the analysis of these specimens, many researchers have employed multiplex immunoassay technologies for profiling the expression or modification of multiple proteins from minute sample volumes.

Publication types

  • Review
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Aqueous Humor / immunology
  • Aqueous Humor / metabolism
  • Biomarkers
  • Eye Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Eye Diseases / etiology
  • Eye Diseases / metabolism
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease
  • Genome-Wide Association Study
  • Humans
  • Immunoassay* / methods
  • Proteome
  • Proteomics / methods
  • Tears / immunology
  • Tears / metabolism

Substances

  • Biomarkers
  • Proteome