Mouse IL-4 ELISA Kit (96-well)

CAT#: EA100126

Mouse IL-4 ELISA Kit (96-well)

Size: 1 x 48 wells 1 x 96 wells


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Specifications

Product Data
Format 96-well strip plate
Assay Type Solid Phase Sandwich ELISA
Assay Length 3 hour
Signal Colorimetric
Curve Range 0.03 - 2.0 ng/mL
Sample Type Cell culture supernatant, serum, plasma (EDTA, citrate, heparin)
Sample Volume 20 uL
Specificity Natural and recombinant Mouse IL-4 Ligand
Sensitivity 15pg/mL
Reactivities Mouse
Interference No significant interference observed with available related molecules.
Components
  • Aluminium pouches with a Microwell Plate coated with antibody to mouse IL-4 (8X12)
  • 2 vials mouse IL-4 Standard lyophilized, 2000 pg/ml upon reconstitution
  • 2 vials concentrated Biotin-Conjugate anti-mouse IL-4 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
  • 4 pieces Adhesive Films
  • package insert
Background

Interleukin 4 (IL-4) is a pleiotropic cytokine produced primarily by activated T lymphocytes, mast cells and basophils .

The cDNA sequence of mouse IL-4 predicts a 140 amino acid (aa) residue precursor protein containing a 20 aa residue signal peptide that is cleaved to form the mature protein . At the amino acid sequence level, mature mouse IL-4 is approximately 50% identical to human IL-4 but there is no species cross-reactivity for biological activity for the two proteins . Mouse IL-4 also shares approximately 30% amino acid sequence identity to mouse IL-13 and the two cytokines exhibit overlapping biological activities . The gene for IL-4 has been mapped to mouse chromosome 11, in close proximity to the genes for IL-3, IL-5, IL-13 and GM-CSF .

IL-4 has multiple immune response-modulating activities on a variety of cell types. It is an important regulator of isotype switching, inducing IgE production in B lymphocytes. It is an important modulator of the differentiation of precursor T helper cells to the Th2 subset that mediates humoral immunity and modulates antibody production. In addition, IL-4 has also been shown to have anti-tumor activity both in vivo and in vitro .

The biological effects of IL-4 are mediated by specific cell surface receptor complexes. Although IL-4 R does not bind IL-13 directly, it has been shown to complex with the low-affinity IL-13 R to form the functional high-affinity receptor complex for IL-13 . In addition to the membrane-bound form of IL-4 R, a naturally occurring soluble form of IL-4 R has been identified in human and mouse biological fluids and in mouse cell culture supernates . Soluble IL-4 R has been to shown to bind IL-4 with high affinity in solution.

Gene Symbol Il4
Gene ID 16189
Standard Curve
Representative standard curve for IL-4 ELISA. IL-4 was diluted in serial two-fold steps in Sample Diluent.

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