Reagents for Veterinary Cytokine Research

Recombinant bovine IL-17A (PBP025) captured with rabbit anti-ovine IL-17A (AHP2376) and detected using rabbit anti-bovine IL-17A:Biotin (AHP2376B).

Cytokines are short proteins secreted by immune function cells that serve to facilitate communication between cells. Cytokine is a wide reaching description term encompassing several types of cell signaling messengers:

• Lymphokine – a cytokine produced by lymphocytes
• Monokine – a cytokine derived  from monocytes
• Interleukin – a cytokine expressed by one leukocyte targeted at other leukocytes
• Chemokine – a cytokine inducing chemotaxis

Cytokines can be produced by T cells, B cells, macrophages, dendritic cells, and mast cells as well as by non-immune system cells such as fibroblasts and endothelial cells. They carry out functions ranging from immune defence responses in infection and cancer to neurodevelopment. However, their key role lies in regulating hematopoiesis immunity, and inflammation.

Veterinary cytokine products to enable research into veterinary immunology

Bio-Rad supplies a range of veterinary cytokine products to enable research into veterinary immunology.

Select the cytokine and protein standard combinations you need:

• Bovine antibody pairs and the relevant recombinant bovine cytokines
• Pig cytokine antibodies and standards
• Dog cytokine products
• Chicken cytokine reagents
• Veterinary recombinant cytokines

If you are at the planning stage of your veterinary cytokine experiments, have a look at our introductory ELISA guide, ELISA hints and ELISA troubleshooting advice before putting together your final ELISA protocols. These resources will enable you to optimize your results. Bio-Rad also offer a range of veterinary antibodies to other species.