Description
This assay is a sandwich ELISA designed for the quantitative detection of human cystatin c in samples in 1 hour. The immunoplate is pre-coated with antibody specific to human cystatin c. Standards and samples are pipetted into the wells and any human cystatin c present is sandwiched by the immobilised antibody and a second horseradish peroxidase (HRP)-linked antibody specific to human cystatin c that is co-incubated with the samples. After wash step to remove any unbound substances, the HRP substrate solution is added and colour develops in proportion to the amount of human cystatin c bound initially. The assay is stopped and the optical density of the wells determined using a micro-plate reader. Since the increases in absorbance are directly proportional to the amount of captured human cystatin c, the unknown sample concentration can be interpolated from a reference curve included in each assay