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EK000006-EK0407: Human IL-4 ELISA Kit
Range 7.8pg/ml-500pg/ml
Sensitivity < 1 pg/ml
Specificity: no detectable cross-reactivity with any other cytokine.
Application: for quantitive detection of rat IL-4 in sera, plasma, body fluids, tissue lysates or cell culture supernates
Expiration: four months at 4°C and eight months at -20°C.
Background
Interleukin-4 (IL-4), also knowns as a B-cell stimulatory factor1 (BSF1), is an immunomodulatory cytokine, which can inhibit the growth of tumour cells.1 The human cDNA contains a single open reading frame encoding a protein of 153 amino acids, including a putative signal peptide. IL-4 may act as an autocrine growth factor in pancreatic cancer cells and also give rise to the possibility that cancer-derived IL-4 may suppress cancer-directed immunosurveillance in vivo in addition to its growth-promoting effects, thereby facilitating pancreatic tumor growth and metastasis.1 The mouse and human genes and their protein products show structural and functional similarities. The human IL-4 gene, which occurs as a single copy in the haploid genome, is mapped on chromosome 5.2 The standard product used in this kit is recombinant human IL-4, consisting of 130 amino acids with the molecular mass of 14KDa.
Principle
The ELISA Kit is based on standard sandwich enzyme-linked immune-sorbent assay technology. The target specific antibodies are precoated onto 96-well plates. The target from the sample is bound to the microwell. The biotinylated target specific detection antibodies are added to the microwells and followed by washing with the PBS or TBS buffer. Avidin-Biotin-Peroxidase Complex is added and unbound conjugates are washed away with the PBS or TBS buffer. TMB, the HRP (horseradish peroxidase) substrate, is used to visualize color change resulting from the HRP enzymatic reaction. TMB is catalyzed by HRP to produce the blue color. The color changes into yellow after the acidic stop solution is added. The density of the yellow color is proportional to the target amount from the sample captured in the microwells.
Reference
1. Prokopchuk, O.; Liu, Y.; Henne-Bruns, D.; Kornmann, M. Interleukin-4 enhances proliferation of human pancreatic cancer cells: evidence for autocrine and paracrine actions. Br J Cancer.2005 Mar 14;92(5):921-8.
2. Arai, N.; Nomura, D.; Villaret, D.; DeWaal Malefijt, R.; Seiki, M.; Yoshida, M.; Minoshima, S.; Fukuyama, R.; Maekawa, M.; Kudoh, J.; Shimizu, N.; Yokota, K.; Abe, E.; Yokota, T.; Takebe, Y.; Arai, K. Complete nucleotide sequence of the chromosomal gene for human IL-4 and its expression. J. Immun. 142: 274-282, 1989.
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