Abstract
A competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) has been developed for the cytokine, granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) using polyclonal antibody. The sensitivity of the assay system approximates 20 pg of immunoreactive cytokine protein. No cross-reactivity was found with human granulocyte-colony stimulating factor. Mean coefficient of variation for between-assay precision was found to be 17%. The assay is rapid, sensitive, reliable and quite suitable to study the levels of GM-CSF in biological fluids. It was used to find out the serum levels of GM-CSF in patients with myocardial infarction, neutropenic cancer patients and in normal healthy subjects. No statistically significant differences were found in the mean serum levels of GM-CSF in these three groups.
| Original language | English (UK) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 303-308 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Pakistan Journal of Zoology |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Publication status | Published - 2002 |
Keywords
- Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
- Granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor
- Myocardial infarction
- Neutropenia
