title: Current perspectives in protein array technology.
abstract: This article reviews post-2000 trends in the development of two-dimensional protein microarrays and nanoarrays. Progress in array manufacture, assay design and applications are considered, with an emphasis on issues surrounding the implementation of arrays in clinical diagnostics. These include the effect of factors in the pre-analytical phase (quality of the reagents, sample integrity, etc.), and those in the analytical phase that contribute to inaccuracy and imprecision of an array-based assay. Important requirements for the quality control and quality assurance of protein microarray assays as they move from the research environment into routine clinical application are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. kricka@mail.med.upenn.edu
authors.forename: Larry J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Kricka
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Master
authors.forename: T O
authors.initials: TO
authors.lastname: Joos
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fortina
mesh_terms: D040081:Protein Array Analysis / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic
chemical_list: D011933:Reagent Kits, Diagnostic