The Quantikine Mouse IL-5 Immunoassay is a 4.5 hour solid phase ELISA designed to measure mouse IL-5 in cell culture supernates and mouse serum. It contains Sf 21-expressed recombinant mouse IL-5 and antibodies raised against the recombinant factor. This immunoassay has been shown to accurately quantitate recombinant mouse IL-5. Results obtained using natural mouse IL-5 showed linear curves that were parallel to the Quantikine kit standards. These results indicate that this kit can be used to determine relative mass values for natural mouse IL-5.

Intra-Assay Precision (Precision within an assay) Three samples of known concentration were tested on one plate to assess intra-assay precision

Inter-Assay Precision (Precision between assays) Three samples of known concentration were tested in separate assays to assess inter-assay precision

The recovery of mouse IL-5 spiked to three levels throughout the range of the assay in various matrices was evaluated.

To assess the linearity of the assay, five or more samples containing and/or spiked with various concentrations of mouse IL-5 in each matrix were diluted with Calibrator Diluent and then assayed.