| Literature DB >> 20837018 |
Takatoku Oida1, Howard L Weiner.
Abstract
TGF-β is one of the key cytokines controlling immune responses. Measuring TGF-β from culture supernatants in vitro is an important index of immune function. However, fetal bovine serum (FBS) contains a high level of latent TGF-β that often hampers measuring T cell-derived TGF-β in culture using FBS-supplemented medium. In this report, we generated anti-latency associated peptide (LAP) monoclonal antibodies which cross-react with bovine LAP, and developed a protocol to deplete TGF-β from FBS. This provides the ability to reliably quantify TGF-β in vitro without relying on serum-free media which do not support growth of murine T cells.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20837018 PMCID: PMC2989462 DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2010.09.008
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Immunol Methods ISSN: 0022-1759 Impact factor: 2.303