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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Oct 27.
Published in final edited form as: Methods Mol Biol. 2012;844:15–30. doi: 10.1007/978-1-61779-527-5_2

Table 4.

Example cost comparison between multiplex and single cytokine ELISA. Costs are for analysis of 17 cytokines. Up to 40 samples/plate may be assayed

Multiplex Single
Antibody costs
Capture $17.28 $72.00
Standard $0.81 $2.00
Detection $41.04 $91.20

Consumables’ costs
Pipette tips $2.00 $40.00
Clean room wipes $0.20 $0.00
Plates $4.00 $68.00
IR dye $0.27 $0.00
Odyssey blocking buffer $5.72 $0.00
Buffers $0.50 $40.00
HRP $0.00 $2.00
TMB $0.00 $8.80
Total costs $71.82 $324.00