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SUBMITTER: Scott ME
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3185204 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Scott Mark E ME Wilson Sarah S SS Cosentino Lisa A LA Richardson Barbra A BA Moscicki Anna-Barbara AB Hillier Sharon L SL Herold Betsy C BC
Cytokine 20110718 2
The interlaboratory reproducibility of cytokine measurements from cervicovaginal samples by Luminex has not been reported. Using cervicovaginal lavage specimens collected on three study days from 12 women participating in a Phase I microbicide study, we measured a panel of eight cytokines in three independent laboratories. Four (IFN-γ, IL-10, IL-17, and TNF) were below the limit of detection in the majority (85%) of samples in either two or all three laboratories, an observation that may guide a ...[more]