Invitrogen™ IL-6 Rat Matched Antibody Pair

Matched Antibody Pair

Brand:  Invitrogen™ CRC0063

Product Code. 10232663

Includes: Antibody Pair Kit contains matched, pre-titred and fully optimized Capture (coating) and Detection Antibodies, 3 vials of Recombinant Standard, Streptavidin-HRP concentrate and technical data sheet.

Description

The Rat IL-6 Antibody Pair Kit comes with pre-matched antibody pairs, standards, and streptavidin-HRP to develop your own enzyme linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) to detect and quantify protein levels of rat IL-6. Buffer reagents needed to complete the ELISA reaction are sold separate as a Buffer Kit for Antibody Pairs (Catalog No. CNB0011). The Assay Buffer included in this Buffer Kit can be used as a blocking reagent for ELISA plates as well as a diluent for ELISA standards and samples, detection antibody, and HRP conjugate. Principle of the method ELISAs are designed to measure the amount of the target bound between a matched antibody pair. A target-specific antibody is coated to the bottom of the wells of a microplate, which is an overnight process. Samples, standards, or controls are then added into these wells and bind to the immobilized (capture) antibody. A sandwich is formed by the addition of the second (detector) antibody, a substrate solution is added that reacts with the enzyme-antibody-target complex to produce measurable signal. The intensity of this signal is directly proportional to the concentration of target present in the original specimen.

Interleukin 6 (IL-6) is a multifunctional 26 kD protein originally discovered in the medium of RNA-stimulated fibroblastoid cells. IL-6 appears to be directly involved in the responses that occur after infection and cellular injury, and it may prove to be important as IL-1 and TNF-a in regulating the acute phase response. IL-6 is reported to be produced by fibroblasts, activated T cells, activated monocytes or macrophages and endothelial cells. IL-6 acts upon a variety of cells including myeloid progenitor cells, T cells, B cells, and hepatocytes. In addition, IL-6 appears to interact with IL-2 in the proliferation of T lymphocytes. IL-6 potentiates the proliferative effect of IL-3 on multipotential hematopoietic progenitors. IL-6 plays a critical role in B-cell differentiation to plasma cells and is a potent growth factor for plasmacytoma and myeloma. IL-6 is a very useful culture supplement for the generation of a high number of antibody-producing hybridomas. Primarily produced at sites of acute and chronic inflammation, IL-6 is secreted into the serum and induces a transcriptional inflammatory response through interleukin 6 receptor, alpha. The functioning of IL-6 is implicated in a wide variety of inflammation-associated disease states including diabetes mellitus and systemic juvenile rheumatoid arthritis.

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Shipping Condition: Approved for shipment on Wet or Dry Ice

Specifications

• Conjugate: HRP
• Gene Alias: ILg6, Ifnb2
• Quantity: 10 x 96 Tests
• Gene ID (Entrez): 24498
• Target Species: Rat
• Product Type: ELISA Kit

• Gene Accession No.: P20607
• Gene Symbols: Il6
• Regulatory Status: RUO
• Includes: Capture (coating) Antibody, Detection Antibody, Standard, Streptavidin-HRP
• Content And Storage: 2°C to 8°C
• For Use With (Equipment): Colorimetric Microplate Reader

For Research Use Only. Not for use in diagnostic procedures.