Project

A MESO QuickPlex SQ system to measure single or multiple immunotargets in biofluids

Code
BOF/BAS/2022/137
Duration
15 December 2022 → 14 December 2024
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Medical and health sciences
    • Inflammation
    • Innate immunity
    • Inflammation
    • Innate immunity
    • Inflammation
    • Innate immunity
Keywords
auto-inflammatory disorders psoriasis innate immunity inborn errors of immunity Biomarker Inflammation cystic fibrosis cytokines infection
 
Project description

Multiplexed cytokine and chemokine analysis for the quantification of single or multiple immunotargets in biofluids is pivotal for the diagnosis and management of patients with systemic inflammatory disease. It allows early diagnosis of complex diseases, longitudinal monitoring and quantification of disease activation before and after targeted treatment, functional validation of novel disease-causing genes and finally the identification of novel disease biomarkers unravelling the basic molecular underpinning of systemic inflammatory diseases. Such analyses require high sensitivity and specificity across a large dynamic range. MSD QuickPlex SQ 120 instrument offers high-performance electrochemiluminescence (ECL) immunoassays with a great precision, high sensitivity and less inter-assay variation.