Validation of Cell-Based Assays in the GLP Setting: A Practical Guide

List of contributors ix

Preface xiii

Introduction xvii
Uma Prabhakar

1 Considerations while setting up cell-based assays 1
Marian Kelley

2 Development, optimization and validation of cell-based assays – 1 11
Marielena Mata and Thomas Lohr

3 Development, optimization and validation of cell-based assays – 2 25
Manjula Reddy and Uma Prabhakar

4 Whole blood ex vivo stimulation assay development, optimization and validation 37
Manjula Reddy and Uma Prabhakar

5 Immunohistochemistry assays in Good Laboratory Practice studies 49
Frank Lynch, Steve Bernstein and Hector Battifora

6 Flow cytometric cell-based assays: an overview of general applications 73
Cuc Davis, Manjula Reddy, Thomas Williams and Uma Prabhakar

7 T-cell surface markers in human peripheral whole blood using flow cytometry 85
Manjula Reddy, Cuc Davis, Hugh Davis, Charles Pendley and Uma Prabhakar

8 Intracellular cytokine detection by flow cytometry 107
Julie G. Wilkinson, Carlos A. Aparicio and Wade E. Bolton

9 Validating reference samples for comparison in a regulated ELISPOT assay 127
Magdalena Tary-Lehmann, Christina D. Hamm and Paul V. Lehmann

10 IFN-_ ELISPOT assay validation 147
Manjula Reddy, Jackson Wong, Charles Pendley and Uma Prabhakar

11 IL-5 ELISPOT assay validation 173
Manjula Reddy, Jackson Wong, Hugh Davis, Charles Pendley and Uma Prabhakar

12 Validation of the Cylex technology to measure T and B cell activation capacity in clinical trials 193
Marielena Mata, Thomas Lohr and Jaymala Patel

13 Development of validated neutralization bioassays 209
Manoj Rajadhyaksha, Manjula Reddy, Jaime Bald, Amy Fraunfelter, Persymphonie Miller, Marian Kelley and Uma Prabhakar

14 Endpoint assays in HIV-1 vaccine trials: functioning in a Good Laboratory Practices environment 239
Patricia D’Souza, Josephine H. Cox, Guido Ferrari, Nina Thapa Kunwar, Victoria Polonis and Marcella Sarzotti-Kelsoe

15 The future direction of cell-based assays 277
Uma Prabhakar and Marian Kelley

Index 283