ELISpot Plus: Human IL‑27 (ALP)

The IL-12 cytokine family

The IL-12 cytokine family consists of IL-12, IL-23, IL-27, IL-35, and IL-39. The existence of IL-39 in human remains, however, to be confirmed. The proteins are heterodimers of different subunits which are either unique or shared by several family members. IL-12 is a heterodimer, (p70), consisting of two covalently linked subunits, p35 and p40. The p40 subunit is shared with IL-23 which is a heterodimer of p40 and a unique p19 subunit. The p40 subunit also exists as a monomer and homodimer. The EBI3 subunit is shared with IL-27, IL-35, and IL-39.

Mabtech supplies monoclonal antibodies with defined subunit specificities to p40, p35, p19, p28, and EBI3. Since both IL-12 and IL-23 heterodimers contain the p40 subunit, capture immunoassays based on antibodies to p40 will detect both cytokines. Such assays can also detect p40 monomers and dimers. The EBI3 assays will detect IL-27, IL-35, and IL-39.

In our IL-12 and IL-23 assays, the same capture antibodies to p40 (MT86/221) are used. Different detection antibodies enable the detection of IL-12 (p70), IL-12/-23 (p40), and IL-23.

Application guide: mAbs to human IL-12, IL-23, IL-27 and EBI3

IL-12 products