Human IL-12p40 ELISA Kit (96-well)

Specifications

Product Data
Description	Human IL-12p40 ELISA Kit (96-well)
Size	1 x 96 wells
Format	96-well strip plate
Assay Type	Solid Phase Sandwich ELISA
Assay Length	3 hours
Signal	Colorimetric
Curve Range	62.5-4000pg/ml
Sample Type	Cell culture supernatant, serum, plasma (EDTA, citrate, heparin)
Sample Volume	20 uL
Specificity	Natural and recombinant Human IL-12p40 Ligand
Sensitivity	30pg/mL
Reactivity	Human
Interference	No significant interference observed with available related molecules.
Components	Aluminium pouches with a Microwell Plate coated with monoclonal antibody to human IL-12p40 (8x12) 2 vials human IL-12p40 Standard lyophilized, 2000 pg/ml upon reconstitution 2 vials concentrated Biotin-Conjugate anti-human IL-12p40 monoclonal antibody 2 vials Streptavidin-HRP solution 1 bottle Standard /sample Diluent 1 bottle Biotin-Conjugate antibody Diluent 1 bottle Streptavidin-HRP Diluent 1 bottle Wash Buffer Concentrate 20x (PBS with 1% Tween-20) 1 vial Substrate Solution 1 vial Stop Solution 3 pieces Adhesive Films package insert
Background	Interleukin-12, also known as natural killer cell stimulatory factor (NKSF) or cytotoxic lymphocyte maturation factor (CLMF), is a pleiotropic cytokine originally identified in the medium of activated human B lymphoblastoid cell lines. IL-12 is produced by macrophages and B lymphocytes and has multiple effects on T-cells and NK cells, including stimulation of cytotoxic activity, proliferation, and promotion of Th1 development as well as IFN. and TNF production. IL-12 is a disulfidelinked, 70 kDa (p70) heterodimeric glycoprotein composed of a 40 kDa (p40) subunit and a 35 kDa (p35) subunit. The p40 and p35 subunits by themselves have no IL-12 activity, the p40 dimer has been shown to bind the IL-12 receptor and to be an IL-12 antagonist. Free p35 has not been detected in supernatant solutions of cultured cells expressing only p35 or both p35 and p40 mRNAs. In contrast, p40 is secreted in excess of IL-12 in cells expressing both p35 and p40 mRNAs. The p40 subunit of IL-12 has been shown to have extensive amino acid sequence homology to the extracellular domain of the human IL-6 receptor while the p35 subunit shows distant but significant sequence similarity to IL-6, G-CSF, and chicken MGF. These observations have led to the suggestion that IL-12 might have evolved from a cytokine/soluble receptor complex. Human and mouse IL-12 share 70% and 60% amino acid sequence homology in their p40 and p35 subunits, respectively. IL-12 apparently shows species specificity with human IL-12 reportedly showing minimal activity in the murine system.
Gene Symbol	IL12A
Standard Curve	Representative standard curve for IL-12p40 ELISA. IL-12p40 was diluted in serial two-fold steps in Sample Diluent.

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