A sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the quantitation of human plasma ferritin

Authors:

• Bleicher, Andie V.
• Unger, Holger W.
• Rogerson, Stephen J.
• Aitken, Elizabeth H.

Details:

MethodsX, Volume 5, 2018-12-31

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There is a lack of published enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) protocols which use commercially available reagents for the measurement of ferritin in human plasma for research purposes. ELISA kits are often expensive and do not always provide detailed information about reagents included. A commercially available antibody pair was used to develop an in-house ELISA to measure ferritin in small (25?µl) volumes of human plasma. ELISA results were compared to ferritin levels measured using a commercial immune-assay system. The sensitivity, intra and inter assay variation of the ELISA assay were also determined. ELISA measurements of plasma ferritin ranged between 3.2–232?ng/mL and were comparable to those measured by a commercial immunoassay system (Pearson correlation r?=?0.93 P?