“…To improve the sensitivity of the ic ELISA, we optimized different parameters, including the antibody-working concentration, coating concentration, coating time, blocking solution, diluted concentration of GAMIgG-HRP, and time of TMB colorization. Concentrations of the working antibody and coating antigen were optimized by checkerboard titration using DES-MCPE-OVA as the coating antigen 25 . Briefly, the DES-MCPE-OVA was coated on the ELISA plate at concentrations of 0.1, 0.2, 0.5, 1.0, 2.0, and 4.0 ÎŒg/ mL and the mAbs towards DES were diluted with PBS at dilutions of 1:4.0 Ă 10 3 , 1:8.0 Ă 10 3 , 1:1.6 Ă 10 4 , 1:3.2 Ă 10 4 , 1:6.4 Ă 10 4 , 1:1.28 Ă 10 5 , 1:1.28 Ă 10 5 , and 1:5.12 Ă 10 5 .…”