. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 31.

Published in final edited form as: J Immunol Methods. 2012 May 22;382(1-2):117–128. doi: 10.1016/j.jim.2012.05.011

Table 1.

Coefficient of linearity (R²) and lower and upper limits of quantitation of the multiplex bead array calculated for the linearity experiment.

Analyte	Lower LOQ (pg/mL)	Upper LOQ (pg/mL)	R²
IL-2	1.7	3754	0.95
IL-3	47	893	0.87
IL-4	8.3	9806	0.94
IL-5	0.5	1661	0.98
IL-9	9.2	7845	0.91
IL-10	0.6	9394	0.97
IL-13	1.1	9350	0.98
IFN-γ	1.5	9729	0.94
TNF-α	1.4	1368	0.93
TNF-β	4.1	2458	0.96
MIP-1β	5.2	8157	0.97
GM-CSF	0.5	5235	0.95