Title
Opportunities for Bead-based Multiplex Assays in Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratories
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-2013
Keywords
Bead assay, cytometric bead array, diagnostics, Luminex, xMAP, multiplex, polymerase chain reaction
Abstract
Bead-based multiplex assays (BBMAs) are applicable for high throughput, simultaneous detection of multiple analytes in solution (from several to 50–500 analytes within a single, small sample volume). Currently, few assays are commercially available for veterinary applications, but they are available to identify and measure various cytokines, growth factors and their receptors, inflammatory proteins, kinases and inhibitors, neurobiology proteins, and pathogens and antibodies in human beings, nonhuman primates, and rodent species. In veterinary medicine, various nucleic acid and protein-coupled beads can be used in, or for the development of, antigen and antibody BBMAs, with the advantage that more data can be collected using approximately the same amount of labor as used for other antigen and antibody assays. Veterinary-related BBMAs could be used for detection of pathogens, genotyping, measurement of hormone levels, and in disease surveillance and vaccine assessment. It will be important to evaluate whether BBMAs are “fit for purpose,” how costs and efficiencies compare between assays, which assays are published or commercially available for specific veterinary applications, and what procedures are involved in the development of the assays. It is expected that many veterinary-related BBMAs will be published and/or become commercially available in the next few years. The current review summarizes the BBMA technology and some of the currently available BBMAs developed for veterinary settings. Some of the human diagnostic BBMAs are also described, providing an example of possible templates for future development of new veterinary-related BBMAs.
Publication Title
Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation
Volume
25
Issue
6
First Page
671
Last Page
691
DOI of Published Version
10.1177/1040638713507256
Publisher
Sage Publications
Rights
Copyright © 2013 Sage
Recommended Citation
hristopher-Hennings J, K.P.C. Araujo, C.J.H. Souza, Y. Fang, S. Lawson, E.A. Nelson, T. Clement, M. Dunn, J.K. Lunney. 2013. Opportunities for bead-based multi-plex assays in veterinary diagnostic laboratories. J. Vet. Diagn. Invest. 25:671-691.