Protocol Diagram
Product Details
Product Details
Product Specification
| Antigen | IL-6 |
| Immunogen | Recombinant Protein |
| Antibody Type | Recombinant mAb |
| Reactivity | Hu |
| Purification | Protein A |
| Stability & Storage | 2 to 8 °C as supplied. |
Kit
| Precision |
Intra-assay: 5.2%; Intra-assay: 6.0% |
| Sample type | Cell culture supernatant, Serum, Plasma |
| Assay type | Sandwich (quantitative) |
| Sensitivity | 0.14 pg/ml |
| Range | 2.1 pg/ml - 136 pg/ml |
| Recovery | Cell culture supernatant 90% Serum 98% Plasma 97% |
| Assay time | 60 minutes |
| Species reactivity | Human |
| CROSS REACTIVITY | / |
| INTERFERENCE | / |
| NIBSC convert | The dose response curve of the International Standard (21/308) parallels the OneStep standard curve. To convert sample values obtained with the kit to approximate NIBSC (21/308) units, use the following equation: NIBSC (21/308) approximate value (IU/mL) = 0.142 x OneStep Human IL-6 value (pg/mL). |
Background
Interleukin 6 (IL-6) is a prototypical cytokine for maintaining homeostasis. When homeostasis is disrupted by infections or tissue injuries, IL-6 is produced immediately and contributes to host defense against such emergent stress through activation of acute-phase and immune responses. However, dysregulated excessive and persistent synthesis of IL-6 has a pathological effect on, respectively, acute systemic inflammatory response syndrome and chronic immune-mediated diseases.
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ELISA

Standard curve
Example of human IL-6 standard curve in Assay Diluent #1.

Standard curve
Example of human IL-6 standard curve in Assay Diluent #1S.

Linearity
The concentrations of IL-6 were measured and interpolated from the target standard curves and corrected for sample dilution.
#1 sample is undiluted samples are as follows: human PBMC cells stimulated with 10ug/ml PHA for 5days (0.5%). The interpolated dilution factor corrected values are plotted. The mean target concentration was determined to be 88,750 pg/mL in stimulated human PBMC supernatant.
#2 sample is undiluted samples are as follows: human PBMC cells culture for 5days (100%). The interpolated dilution factor corrected values are plotted. The mean target concentration was determined to be 46 pg/mL in unstimulated human PBMC supernatant.

