Semi-quantitative detection of inflammatory biomarkers using a laser-patterned multiplexed lateral flow device
Semi-quantitative detection of inflammatory biomarkers using a laser-patterned multiplexed lateral flow device
Inflammatory markers including C-reactive protein (CRP) and procalcitonin (PCT) have been shown to be useful biomarkers to improve triage speed and prevent the inappropriate use of antibiotics for infections such as pneumonia. Here, we present a novel and exciting solution to guide the administration of antibiotic treatment via rapid, semi-quantitative and multiplexed detection of CRP and PCT using an advanced lateral flow device (LFD) designed to have multiple parallel flow-paths, produced via the precise laser-based partitioning of the single flow-path of a standard LFD. Each flow-path within this multiplexed LFD has a unique detection capability which permits tailored detection of CRP within a predefined cut-off range (20 μg/mL - 100 μg/mL) and PCT above a pre-defined threshold (0.5 ng/mL). We demonstrate the use of this LFD in the successful detection of CRP and PCT semi-quantitatively within spiked human serum samples. This multiplexed near-patient assay has potential for development into a rapid triage and treatment of patients with suspected pneumonia.
C-reactive protein, Lateral-flow device, Multiplexed, Point-of-care, Procalcitonin, Semi-quantitative
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Iles, Alice H., He, Peijun J.W., Katis, Ioannis N., Galanis, Panagiotis P., John, Anto J.U.K., Elkington, Paul, Eason, Robert W. and Sones, Collin L.
(2022)
Semi-quantitative detection of inflammatory biomarkers using a laser-patterned multiplexed lateral flow device.
Talanta, 237, , [122944].
(doi:10.1016/j.talanta.2021.122944).
Abstract
Inflammatory markers including C-reactive protein (CRP) and procalcitonin (PCT) have been shown to be useful biomarkers to improve triage speed and prevent the inappropriate use of antibiotics for infections such as pneumonia. Here, we present a novel and exciting solution to guide the administration of antibiotic treatment via rapid, semi-quantitative and multiplexed detection of CRP and PCT using an advanced lateral flow device (LFD) designed to have multiple parallel flow-paths, produced via the precise laser-based partitioning of the single flow-path of a standard LFD. Each flow-path within this multiplexed LFD has a unique detection capability which permits tailored detection of CRP within a predefined cut-off range (20 μg/mL - 100 μg/mL) and PCT above a pre-defined threshold (0.5 ng/mL). We demonstrate the use of this LFD in the successful detection of CRP and PCT semi-quantitatively within spiked human serum samples. This multiplexed near-patient assay has potential for development into a rapid triage and treatment of patients with suspected pneumonia.
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In preparation date: 2020
Accepted/In Press date: 7 October 2021
Published date: 15 January 2022
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The authors acknowledge the funding received via the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Grant Nos. EP/N004388/1 , EP/P025757/1 and EP/M027260/1 . The underpinning RDM data for this paper can be found at https://doi.org/10.5258/SOTON/D1560 .
Publisher Copyright: © 2021 Elsevier B.V.
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C-reactive protein, Lateral-flow device, Multiplexed, Point-of-care, Procalcitonin, Semi-quantitative
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/444037
ISSN: 0039-9140
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