Invitrogen™ IL-6 Mouse ProQuantum Immunoassay Kit

The ProQuantum Mouse IL-6 Immunoassay Kit is designed to provide highly sensitive quantitative measurements of mouse IL-6 in small sample volumes.

Supplier:  Invitrogen™ A43656

Catalog No. A43656

Description

Utilizing proximity-based amplification technology, the assay combines the analyte specificity of high-affinity antibody-antigen binding with the signal detection and amplification capabilities of real-time PCR to achieve a simple yet powerful next-generation protein quantitation platform. A user-friendly workflow combined with intuitive software for analytics enables sample-to-answer in just 2 hours.

• High sensitivity-detect low levels of protein with greater sensitivity than traditional methods
• Broad dynamic range-≥5 logarithmic units, minimizing sample dilutions to ensure they fall within the range
• Small sample consumption-use 2–5 μL of sample (compared to 75 μL for triplicate wells with other methods)
• Fast, easy workflow-2 hours from sample to answer, with no wash steps
• No proprietary instrument to purchase-runs on any real-time PCR instrument

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.

Specifications

• Accession Number: B-cell differentiation factor; B-cell hybridoma growth factor; B-cell stimulatory factor 2; BSF2; BSF-2; CDF; ChIL-6; CTL differentiation factor; cytokine; HGF; H-IL-6; HSF; Hybridoma growth factor; Ifnb2; IFN-beta-2; IL6; Il-6; ILg6; ILN; Interferon beta-2; Interleukin; interleukin 6; interleukin 6 (interferon, beta 2); interleukin 6 precursor; interleukin BSF-2; Interleukin HP-1; Interleukin6; Interleukin-6; interleukin-6 precursor; interleukin-6 protein; M-IL-6; prointerleukin 6; R-IL-6
• Assay Sensitivity: <0.3 pg/mL
• For Use With (Equipment): qPCR Instruments
• Gene Symbol: Il6
• Quantity: 96 Tests
• Sample Volume: Serum, 2-5 μL; Plasma, 2-5 μL; Supernatant, 2-5 μL
• Target: IL-6
• Total Assay Time: 2 hr

• Assay Range: 0.32 to 5000 pg/mL
• Product Type: ELISA
• Gene ID (Entrez): P08505
• Kit Contents: Assay Dilution Buffer
  Antibody-Conjugate A
  Antibody-Conjugate B
  Antibody-Conjugate Dilution Buffer
  Standard
  Master Mix
  Ligase
• Regulatory Status: Research Use Only
• Storage Requirements: -20°C
• Test Time: 30 min