Encyclopedia: Cytokine
Cytokines are a category of signalling proteins and glycoproteins that, like hormones and neurotransmitters, are used extensively in cellular communication. While hormones are secreted from specific organs to the blood, and neurotransmitters are related to neural acitivity, the cytokines are a more diverse class of compounds in terms of origin and purpose. They are produced by a wide variety of hematopoietic and non-hematopoietic cell types and can have effects on...
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What sorts of techniques can be used to measure cytokines?
There are several ways to do it.. You can perform an ELISA (Enzyme linked immunosorbant assay) this technique involves the use of antibodies specific for the cytokine you wish to...
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