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. 2006 Dec 15;849(1):203–210. doi: 10.1016/j.jchromb.2006.11.046

Table 2.

Comparison for depletion methods of high-abundant proteins in plasma

Classification Methods Advantage Disadvantage
Affinity based Cibracon Blue and related dye -Low cost -Lack of specificity
-High loading capacity
Protein A/G -High affinity for immunoglobulins -Possible to remove only immunoglobulins
-Not bind all of the immunoglobulin subgroups
Peptide-based ligands -Low cost
-High reproducibility
-Sterilizable
-Reactivity across species



Size based Centrifugal ultrafiltration -Convenient -Low effectiveness
-Low cost -Low reproducibility



Antibody based Monoclonal antibody -High specificity -Fail to remove the related fragments of target proteins
Polyclonal antibody
 IgG-based system -Depletion of multiple proteins in one step -Lack of reactivity across multiple mammalian species
-High affinity and high specificity -High cost
-Low sample capacity
 IgY-based system -Depletion of multiple proteins in one step -High cost
-High affinity and high specificity -Low sample capacity
-High reactivity across multiple mammalian species