Description: The monkey sICAM-1 Instant ELISA is an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the quantitative detection of soluble Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1. The monkey sICAM-1 Instant ELISA is for research use only. Not for diagnostic or therapeutic procedures.
Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 (ICAM-1) is a member of the immunoglobulin supergene family and functions as a ligand for the Lymphocyte Function-Associated Antigen-1 (LFA-1), an alpha-beta-complex that is a member of the leukocyte integrin family of cell-cell and cell-matrix receptors. This family consists of the leukocyte adhesion glycoproteins LFA-1 which mediates lymphocyte adhesion, Mac-1 which mediates granulocyte adhesion and p150,95.
ICAM-1 is a single-chain glycoprotein with a polypeptide core that can be expressed on non-hematopoietic cells of many lineages such as vascular endothelial cells, thymic epithelial cells, other epithelial cells and fibroblasts and on hematopoietic cells such as tissue macrophages, mitogen-stimulated T-lymphoblasts, germinal center B-cells and dendritic cells in tonsils, lymph nodes and Peyer's patches. ICAM-1 is inducible on fibroblasts and endothelial cells by inflammatory mediators such as IL-1, TNF and IFN-gamma within few hours and is correlated to the infiltration of lymphocytes into inflammatory lesions. ICAM-1 seems to be the initial marker of inflammatory reactions and is expressed prior to, and to a greater extent than is HLA-DR.
The role of ICAM-1 as a disease marker has been demonstrated for a number of different indications and pathological situations.
Components
Aluminium pouch(es) with a Microwell Plate coated with Monoclonal Antibody (murine) to monkey sICAM-1 and HRP-Conjugate (anti-monkey sICAM-1 monoclonal (murine) antibody, Sample Diluent lyophilized
Aluminium pouch(es) with a monkey sICAM-1 Standard curve (coloured)
Wash Buffer Concentrate 20x (phosphate-buffered saline with 1% Tween 20)
Substrate Solution (tetramethyl-benzidine)
Sample Diluent (Use when an external predilution of the samples is needed)
Stop Solution (1M Phosphoric acid)
Adhesive Plate Covers