-
Assay Length
3.25 hours
-
Sample Type & Volume Required Per Well
Cell Culture Supernates (100 uL)
-
Sensitivity
12.5 pg/mL
-
Assay Range
156.0 - 5,000 pg/mL (Cell Culture Supernates)12.5 - 500 pg/mL (Cell Culture Supernates),
-
Specificity
Human IFN-alpha
-
Cross-reactivity
< 0.5% cross-reactivity observed with available related molecules.< 50% cross-species reactivity observed with species tested.
-
Interference
No significant interference observed with available related molecules.
Preparation and Storage
Background: IFN-alpha
Interferon-alpha (IFN-alpha), also known as leukocyte interferon, represents a group of related but distinct proteins that share over 95% amino acid sequence homology. They are members of the type I interferon family which share a common cell surface receptor composed of two subunits, a 100 kDa ligand-binding subunit (IFN-alpha R2) and a 125 kDa ligand binding and signal transduction subunit (IFN-alpha R1) that is involved both in ligand binding and signal transduction. IFN-alpha has both anti-viral and immunomodulatory activities on target cells.
-
Long Name
Interferon alpha
-
Entrez Gene IDs
3440 (Human);
-
Alternate Names
IFNalpha; IFN-alpha;