title: Improved sensitivity and specificity of sandwich, competitive and capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays for allergen-specific antibodies.
abstract: Indirect ELISA is widely used to detect specific antibodies but can suffer from high non-specific binding-particularly of IgG. The use of affinity-purified rabbit antibody-coated microtitre plates to bind antigen greatly increases sensitivity without a significant increase in non-specific binding of IgG. Capture, competitive and sandwich assay procedures gave comparable results for IgG antibodies; but only the sandwich assay was suitable for detection of IgE antibodies.
mesh_terms: D000485:Allergens / Q000276:immunology*; D000906:Antibodies / Q000032:analysis; D000918:Antibody Specificity; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D010741:Phospholipases A / Q000276:immunology; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000485:Allergens; D000906:Antibodies; D010741:Phospholipases A