Eachwellofthestripiscoatedwithaspecificcaptureantibodytodetectitscorrespondingcytokineinthesample.Therefore,8differentproteinscanbemeasuressimultaneously.Thetestsamplereactssimultaneouslywithtwoantibodies,resultinginthecytokinesbeingsandwichedbetweenthesolidphaseandenzyme-linkedantibodies.Afterincubation,thewellsarewashedtoremoveunbound-labeledantibodies.TheHRPsubstrate,TMB,isthenaddedandcausesabluecolorchange.ThereactionisthenterminatedwithStopSolution,resultinginayellowcolor.Theconcentrationsofoxidativestresscytokinesaredirectlyproportionaltothecolorintensityofthetestsample.Absorbanceismeasuredspectrophotometricallyat450nm.Theexpressionlevelsofthesecytokinescanbequantitativelycomparedbetweensamples.

