An Evaluation of Two Interleukin-1 Assays
Date of Graduation
Summer 1989
Degree
Master of Science in Biology
Department
Biology
Committee Chair
Richard Myers
Abstract
Interleukin-1 (IL-1) is produced by macrophages and has been shown to be an important protein involved in the regulation of an immune response. Several methods of detecting IL-1 in the supernatant of macrophage cultures have been developed. The purpose of this project was to evaluate two of these methods. The two assays used were based on the fact that T cells proliferate in the presence of IL-1 and plant lectins. These assays differed with respect to the source of the T cells: nylon wool purified or D10.G4.1 cell line. Methods involving the use of D10.G4.1 cells were founds to be more accurate than methods involving the use of nylon wool purified T cells.
Subject Categories
Biology
Copyright
© Frank Anthony DiVincenzo
Recommended Citation
DiVincenzo, Frank Anthony, "An Evaluation of Two Interleukin-1 Assays" (1989). MSU Graduate Theses. 143.
https://bearworks.missouristate.edu/theses/143
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