TY - JOUR A1 - Giesen, C. A1 - Müller, Larissa A1 - Panne, Ulrich A1 - Jakubowski, Norbert T1 - History of inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry-based immunoassays N2 - The analysis of biomolecules requires highly sensitive and selective detection methods capable of tolerating a complex, biological matrix. First applications of biomolecule detection by ICP-MS relied on the use of heteroelements as a label for quantification. However, the combination of immunoassays and ICP-MS facilitates multiparametric analyses through elemental tagging, and provides a powerful alternative to common bioanalytical methods. This approach extends the detection of biomarkers in clinical diagnosis, and has the potential to provide a deeper understanding of the investigated biological system. The results might lead to the detection of diseases at an early stage, or guide treatment plans. Immunoassays are well accepted and established for diagnostic purposes, albeit ICP-MS is scarcely applied for the detection of immune-based assays. However, the screening of biomarkers demands high throughput and multiplex/multiparametric techniques, considering the variety of analytes to be queried. Finally, quantitative information on the expression level of biomarkers is highly desirable to identify abnormalities in a given organism. Thus, it is the aim of this review to introduce the fundamentals, and to discuss the enormous strength of ICP-MS for the detection of different immunoassays on the basis of selected applications, with a special focus on LA-ICP-MS. KW - ICP-MS KW - LA-ICP-MS KW - Immunoassay KW - Elemental tagging KW - Multiplexing PY - 2012 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sab.2012.06.009 SN - 0584-8547 SN - 0038-6987 N1 - Geburtsname von Müller, Larissa: Wäntig, L. - Birth name of Müller, Larissa: Wäntig, L. VL - 76 SP - 27 EP - 39 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam AN - OPUS4-27686 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -