Table 2.

Research areas and available assays for Luminex platform.

Research Areas	Manufacturers	Species
Immunology/inflammation/apoptosis/tissue remodeling markers	Millipore, RnD Systems, Life Technologies, Luminex, Biorad	Hu/Ms/Rt/Ca/Mo
Phosphoproteins, signal transduction proteins	Millipore, Life Technologies, Biorad	Hu/MS
Cancer markers	Millipore, Biorad	Hu/Ms
Metabolic markers	Millipore, Life Technologies	Hu
Cardiovascular markers	Millipore, Life Technologies, Biorad	Hu
Toxicity markers	Millipore	Hu
Neuroscience	Millipore, Biorad	Hu
Antibody isotyping	Biorad	Hu/Ms
Auto-antibody measurement	One Lambda, Origene	Hu
Genotyping, epigenetics, and gene expression profiling	Affymetrix, One Lambda, Origene, Active Motiff	Hu
HLA typing	One Lambda	Hu
Environmental agents/allergens/food	Thermo Scientific	Hu
Bacterial/virus serotyping	Biovet/Luminex	Hu
Drugs/chemical	Under development in research laboratories	Hu
Vaccine testing	Luminex	Hu

Ca: cat, Hu: human, Mo: monkey, Ms: mouse, Rt: rat.