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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Sep 30.
Published in final edited form as: J Immunol Methods. 2011 Jul 18;372(1-2):71–77. doi: 10.1016/j.jim.2011.06.033

Table 3.

Sensitivity of multiplex assays according to standard curves.

Cytokine LLODa LLOQb
MSD CBA MSD CBA
IL-6 0.3 ± 0.1c 0.5 ± 0.3 0.7 ± 0.2 1.2 ± 0.7
IL-8 0.1 ± 0.0 1.5 ± 0.5 0.2 ± 0.0 4.0 ± 4.8
IL-10 0.4 ± 0.2 0.4 ± 0.1 0.8 ± 0.3 1.2 ± 0.1
TNF-α 0.5 ± 0.4 0.5 ± 0.4 1.0 ± 0.5 1.4 ± 0.5
IL-12p70 0.9 ± 0.3 1.2 ± 0.2 1.7 ± 1.0 2.8 ± 1.4
IL-1β 1.0 ± 1.3 1.2 ± 0.2 2.4 ± 2.3 2.4 ± 1.3
a

Lower limit of detection

b

Lower limit of quantification

c

Mean ± 1 SD in pg/ml based on 3 replicates