Cytokine Antibody Arrays: A Promising Tool to Identify Molecular Targets for Drug Discovery

Title: Cytokine Antibody Arrays: A Promising Tool to Identify Molecular Targets for Drug Discovery

Volume: 6 Issue: 8

Author(s): Ruo-Pan Huang

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Keywords: cytokine, protein arrays, antibody arrays, proteomics, expression, drug discovery

Abstract: Cytokines play important roles in normal cell functions and changes in cytokines have been implicated in many diseases. Recent efforts have focused on developing cytokine antibody arrays. These arrays allow investigators to simultaneously detect multiple cytokines in qualitative and quantitative ways. Cytokine antibody array systems feature high sensitivity, specificity and throughput. This novel technology opens up an expanding spectrum of applications in drug discovery, including target discovery, target validation, screening for lead compounds, compound optimization and clinical trials.

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Huang Ruo-Pan, Cytokine Antibody Arrays: A Promising Tool to Identify Molecular Targets for Drug Discovery, Combinatorial Chemistry & High Throughput Screening 2003; 6 (8) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/138620703771826946