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Product Specifications
Analytical sensitivity
12.5 pg/mL
Assay range
12.5-800 pg/mL
Sample type/volume
Plasma
100 µL
Serum
100 µL
Supernatant
100 µL
Hands-on time
1 hr 30 min
Time-to-result
24 hr
Homogenous (no wash)
No
Instrument
Colorimetric Microplate Reader
Product size
10 x 96 Tests
Contents
Capture (coating) Antibody
Detection Antibody
Standard
Streptavidin-HRP
Detection Antibody
Standard
Streptavidin-HRP
Shipping conditions
Wet ice
Storage
2-8°C
Protein name
IL-8
Species (tested)
Human
Assay kit format
Matched Antibody Pair
Detector antibody conjugate
Biotin
Label or dye
HRP
About This Kit
The Human IL-8 Antibody Pair Kit comes with pre-matched antibody pairs, standards, and streptavidin-HRP to develop your own enzyme linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) to detect and quantify protein levels of human IL-8. Buffer reagents needed to complete the ELISA reaction are sold separate as a Buffer Kit for Antibody Pairs (Catalog No. CNB0011). The Assay Buffer included in this Buffer Kit can be used as a blocking reagent for ELISA plates as well as a diluent for ELISA standards and samples, detection antibody, and HRP conjugate.
Principle of the method
ELISAs are designed to measure the amount of the target bound between a matched antibody pair. A target-specific antibody is coated to the bottom of the wells of a microplate, which is an overnight process. Samples, standards, or controls are then added into these wells and bind to the immobilized (capture) antibody. A sandwich is formed by the addition of the second (detector) antibody, a substrate solution is added that reacts with the enzyme-antibody-target complex to produce measurable signal. The intensity of this signal is directly proportional to the concentration of target present in the original specimen.
Target information
Interleukin 8 (IL-8, CXCL8) is a 72 amino acid pro-inflammatory factor which belongs to the CXC subfamily of chemokines, and are bound by the cell surface receptors IL-8RA and IL-8RB. IL-8 functions as a chemoattractant and potent angiogenic factor. The expression and secretion of IL-8 can be induced by diverse inflammatory stimuli in many cells, including macrophages and endothelial cells. In endothelial cells, IL-8 is present in storage vesicles called Weibel-Palade bodies. IL-8, first isolated from osteosarcoma cells, contains the ELR-motif (N-terminal Glu-Leu-Arg amino acid sequence) and signals through the CXCR1 and CXCR2 receptors. Previous nomenclature for IL-8 includes neutrophil activating protein 1 (NAP-1), granulocyte chemotactic protein 1 (GCP-1), monocyte-derived neutrophil-activating peptide (MONAP) and protein 3-10C. IL-8 and ten other members of the CXC chemokine gene family form a chemokine gene cluster in a region mapped to chromosome 4q. Cancer studies have demonstrated a role for IL-8 in the angiogenesis and growth of tumours, and IL-8 is believed to play a role in the pathogenesis of bronchiolitis, a common respiratory tract disease caused by viral infection.
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Bioinformatics
Gene aliases : CXCL8, GCP-1, GCP1, IL8, LECT, LUCT, LYNAP, MDNCF, MONAP, NAF, NAP-1, NAP1
Gene ID : (Human) 3576
Gene symbol : CXCL8
Protein Aliases : alveolar macrophage chemotactic factor I, beta endothelial cell-derived neutrophil activating peptide, beta-thromboglobulin-like protein, C-X-C motif chemokine 8, Chemokine (C-X-C motif) ligand 8, Emoctakin, GCP-1, Granulocyte chemotactic protein 1, IL-8, interleukin 8, Interleukin-8, lung giant cell carcinoma-derived chemotactic protein, lymphocyte derived neutrophil activating peptide, MDNCF, MONAP, Monocyte-derived neutrophil chemotactic factor, Monocyte-derived neutrophil-activating peptide, NAP-1, neutrophil-activating peptide 1, Neutrophil-activating protein 1, Protein 3-10C, small inducible cytokine subfamily B, member 8, T-cell chemotactic factor, tumor necrosis factor-induced gene 1
UniProt ID (Human) P10145
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