Breaking news for cancer researchers! We are pleased to have recently added innovative cancer Arrays to our product offer.  You might tell me that there are a lot of new cancer arrays every year and it’s not really necessary to write a post about it… but read on and I’m sure you’ll share my enthusiasm!

If the answer is yes, I am sure you’ll be interested to learn more about WST-8 and our Cell Counting Kit-8 (CCK-8). If the answer is no, and you’ve already switched to WST-8, just have a look at our price list… you might be surprised!

Good news for the interferon domain this week with the launch of a new kit: the Verikine Human Interferon Gamma Receptor 1 (IFNGR1) ELISA Kit. This immunoassay provides researchers with a high quality product and excellent data reproducibility for this area.

Fig 1: Function of IL-17 in diverse processes

Interleukin-17 (IL-17) is a family of 6 closely related cytokines, designated IL-17A-F, that play a central role in mediating inflammation, autoimmunity, and host defense. IL-17 is mainly secreted by a specific subset of T helper cells known as T_H17 cells (for an overview see Fig 1). The IL-17 cytokines mediate their biological functions via surface receptors on target cells. IL-17A binds to IL-17 receptor A (IL-17RA), which stimulates the production of other pro-inflammatory cytokines including IL-6 and IL-8. IL-17A and its receptor play a pathogenic role in many inflammatory and autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis. IL-17 signaling is also involved in mucosal immunity and host defense against extracellular bacterial and fungal infections (Staph, Candida, Pneumonia, etc.).