Saturday, April 12, 2014

Deplete plasma? New info enters the fray.

To deplete or not to deplete -- part 2

In another of my favorite proteomics controversies, a new depletion technique takes a swing at whether depleting plasma is a good idea or not.

In this study, Seong-Beom Ahn and Alamgir Khan look at the impact depleting plasma has on cytokine recovery.  Since cytokines are generally pretty low abundance, it makes for a decent metric.  The depletion they use is an immuno-based one using magnetic beads.

Unlike other methods, this pull down approach showed either no impact or improved recovery of the cytokines.  Definitely worth checking out!


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