Excessive Signal Amplification in Detection System

Symptom

Very high signals across all wells including low-concentration standards. Loss of discrimination between different antigen concentrations. Background approaches signal levels.

1. 1 Biotin-to-antibody ratio too high in conjugated secondary antibody
2. 2 Excessive avidin-enzyme conjugate concentration
3. 3 Multiple amplification layers causing signal over-amplification
4. 4 Amplification reagent incubation time too long

1. 1 Reduce biotin-to-antibody ratio when conjugating secondary antibody
2. 2 Dilute amplification reagents (streptavidin-HRP, avidin-enzyme conjugates)
3. 3 Decrease incubation time for amplification steps
4. 4 Consider switching to direct detection without amplification

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