From Buffer to Plasma: Ultrasensitive IL‑4 Detection with Exazym® StreptaClick® Primer
From Buffer to Plasma: Ultrasensitive IL‑4 Detection with Exazym® StreptaClick® Primer
See how Exazym®’s BOLD (Binding Oligo Ladder Detection) signal amplification performs in human plasma, where it counts. Johanna Hedin walks through the data on sensitivity, dilution linearity, and spike recovery, and how to add it to an ELISA you already run.
~8×
Lower detection limit for IL‑4 in this feasibility study
9 / 9
Spike recoveries within the 80–120% acceptance band
~19 min
Data-focused session, plus live audience Q&A
What you'll learn
- Why IL‑4 in plasma is so hard to measure, and why strong performance in buffer doesn't guarantee it in a biological matrix.
- How Exazym® StreptaClick® Primer plugs BOLD amplification into a standard biotinylated ELISA without redesigning the assay.
- The single optimization run (just five conditions) used to find working detector-antibody and primer concentrations.
- The ~8-fold improvement in limit of detection (0.025 vs. 0.195 pg/mL) and what it means for low-abundance targets.
- Plasma compatibility in practice: dilution linearity (89–98%) and spike recovery across three matrices, 9 of 9 within acceptance.
- Practical takeaways: what you add, how much time it costs (~70 min, room temperature), and how to tune sensitivity vs. assay time.
What's covered
A tight, data-led walkthrough from the measurement problem to a plasma-ready result, followed by an extended audience Q&A.
- The sensitivity challenge: why IL‑4 in plasma sits at the edge of standard ELISA detection.
- The BOLD mechanism and how Exazym® StreptaClick® Primer fits a standard workflow.
- Assay optimization: identifying working concentrations in five conditions.
- Sensitivity in buffer: the calibration curves and the ~8× LOD gain.
- Plasma compatibility: dilution linearity and spike recovery across three matrices.
- Practical takeaways (assay time, serum, MSD/sulfo-tag, scalability)

IL-4 calibration curves - BOLD vs. standard ELISA (~8x lower detection limit)
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