Sensors (Aug 2015)

Antigen-Antibody Affinity for Dry Eye Biomarkers by Label Free Biosensing. Comparison with the ELISA Technique

  • Maríafe Laguna,
  • Miguel Holgado,
  • Ana L. Hernandez,
  • Beatriz Santamaría,
  • Alvaro Lavín,
  • Javier Soria,
  • Tatiana Suarez,
  • Carlota Bardina,
  • Mónica Jara,
  • Francisco J. Sanza,
  • Rafael Casquel

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/s150819819
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 15, no. 8
pp. 19819 – 19829

Abstract

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The specificity and affinity of antibody-antigen interactions is a fundamental way to achieve reliable biosensing responses. Different proteins involved with dry eye dysfunction: ANXA1, ANXA11, CST4, PRDX5, PLAA and S100A6; were validated as biomarkers. In this work several antibodies were tested for ANXA1, ANXA11 and PRDX5 to select the best candidates for each biomarker. The results were obtained by using Biophotonic Sensing Cells (BICELLs) as an efficient methodology for label-free biosensing and compared with the Enzyme-Linked Immuno Sorbent Assay (ELISA) technique.

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