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Published in final edited form as: Adv Funct Mater. 2010 Feb 8;20(3):409–421. doi: 10.1002/adfm.200901293

Table 2.

Comparison of serium IL-6 concentrations using two methods.[^a]

Dilution	Dendrimer Plate			Kit Plate
Dilution	Expected [pg ml^-1]	Observed [pg ml^-1]	[%] $\frac{Observed}{Expected}$	Observed [pg ml^-1]	[%] $\frac{Observed}{Expected}$
neat	200	193.9	97	193.5	96.8
1:2	100	96.1	96.1	109.4	109.4
1:4	50	59.2	118.4	53.1	106.2
1:8	25	27.2	108.8	25.4	101.6
1:16	12.5	12.1	96.8	12.1	96.8

^[a]

Human serum samples (from a non-pregnant woman) were spiked with high concentrations of IL-6 and diluted with assay diluent to produce samples with values within the dynamic range of the assay.