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SUBMITTER: Hemken PM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5683673 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Hemken Philip M PM Jeanblanc Nicolette M NM Rae Tracey T Brophy Susan E SE Datwyler Maria J MJ Xu Ying Y Manetz T Scott TS Vainshtein Inna I Liang Meina M Xiao Xiaodong X Chowdhury Partha S PS Chang Chien-Ying CY Streicher Katie K Greenlees Lydia L Ranade Koustubh K Davis Gerard J GJ
Practical laboratory medicine 20171020
<h4>Background</h4>Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) may be a suitable biomarker to identify people with severe asthma who have greater activation of the interleukin-13 (IL-13) pathway and may therefore benefit from IL-13-targeted treatments. We report the analytical performance of an Investigational Use Only immunoassay and provide data on the biological range of DPP-4 concentrations.<h4>Methods</h4>We assessed assay performance, utilising analyses of precision, linearity and sensitivity; interfer ...[more]