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Development and application of radioimmunoassays for interleukin-1 alpha and interleukin-1 beta

S Poole1, A F Bristow, S Selkirk

  • 1Department of Endocrinology, National Institute for Biological Standards and Control, South Mimms, Potters Bar, Herts, U.K.

Specific and sensitive radioimmunoassay (RIA) systems for human IL-1 alpha and IL-1 beta, using sheep polyclonal antisera, have been developed. The assays, which do not require prior extraction of IL-1, have been used to quantify IL-1 alpha and IL-1 beta in synovial fluid and plasma and to quantify intracellular and extracellular IL-1 alpha and IL-1 beta produced by human monocytes stimulated with endotoxin.

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