Easy IL-6 ELISA Kit

Albert Einstein College of Medicine
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Company:

R&D Systems

Product Name:

Mouse IL-6 DuoSet ELISA

Catalog Number:

DY406-05

We wanted to determine whether IL-6 was secreted by dendritic cells isolated from 2 different mouse models after treatment with DMF. We chose this kit because it was cost effective and had been cited in many research papers.

Experimental Design and Results Summary

Application

ELISA

Starting Material

Mouse cell culture supernatant

Protocol Overview

I first separated the cells from the supernatant by centrifugation. The supernatant was then serially diluted . We followed a standard sandwich ELISA protocol of which the kit contained all of the components. I added the capture antibody provided, followed by my sample and then the detection antibody. Streptavidin-HRP and Substrate solution followed for 20 mins each. All wells were wash 3x between solutions. The optical density of each well was determined using a microplate reader set to 450 nm.

Tips

Optical density should be measured immediately after stop solution is added to avoid high background

Results Summary

We found varying concentrations of IL-6 at different time points measured. Results were consistent when repeated.

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Summary

The Good

Easy to use and set up.

The Bad

None

The Bottom Line

Best IL-6 ELISA kit I have come across.

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