Chemical Immune Reactivity Screen (Array 11)-Cyrex Kit:
Note: This is a test kit that will be mailed to you. It requires a blood draw. It is your responsibility to arrange the blood draw for your kit and payment of your specimen collection.
Fasting Required: No
Lab: Cyrex Laboratories
Specimen: Blood, serum
Results: Average processing time 14 business days
Note: Result turnaround times are an estimate and are not guaranteed. Our reference lab may need additional time due to weather, holidays, confirmation/repeat testing, or equipment maintenance.
Special Instructions: Are there any medications, foods, conditions, or other factors that could interfere with the results of a Cyrex test? Yes. While Cyrex is unable to provide an exhaustive answer to this question due to the interactive complexities and varieties of medications and patient circumstances, the following has been noted:
- Immunosuppressant and corticosteroid drugs can reduce antibody production and cause false negative results.
- Unknown cross-reactive epitopes from foods and microorganisms may stimulate the antibody production in the absence of a true antigen. Cyrex has already developed Array 4 in order to recognize the most common antigens in this regard.
- Wait at least 60 days after the completion of steroids to do testing. It takes this period of time for the medication to clear the system and allow the normalized production of antibodies, required for immune testing, to resume.
- Eating a high fat meal prior to your blood draw can cause your serum specimen to be lipemic. Lipemic specimens are rejected by Cyrex Labs.
- Patients should consult with their HCP regarding any questions or concerns they may have.
Notice: Shipments should be sent Monday through Thursday.
Description: A breakthrough technology that identifies immune responses to chemicals bound to human proteins. This is the first test to measure the actual immune response to chemicals, instead of simply detecting the level of chemical exposure/load which excretes from the body. Levels Indicate Exposure. Antibodies Indicate Body Burden.
Toxic heavy metals and chemicals are all around us, in our environment and in our foods. When chemicals enter the body, they can bind to human tissue proteins. When this happens, it can misfold the protein into a structure that is similar to amyloid-beta. This creates antibodies against the chemicals bound to the human tissue and actually target the amyloid-beta peptide, potentially leading to amyloid plaque formation, a major contributor to the development of Alzheimer's disease.
Array 11 measures an expanded range of environmental chemical toxins that bind to human tissues versus other laboratory tests that only identify chemical exposure.
Antigens Tested (IgG + IgA Combined, IgM Tested Separately For Each Antigen)
- Aflatoxins
- Formaldehyde + Glutaraldehyde
- Isocyanate
- Trimellitic + Phthalic Anhydrides
- Benzene Ring Compounds
- BPA Binding Protein
- Bisphenol A
- Tetrabromobisphenol A
- Tetrachloroethylene
- Parabens
- Mercury Compounds
- Mixed Heavy Metals (Nickel, Cobalt, Cadmium, Lead, Arsenic)