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. 2011 May 9;10:115. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-10-115

Table 3.

Number of positive responses detected by the Bio-Rad and Invitrogen kits.

Cytokine Bio-Rad Invitrogen Number (%) of concordant positive observations
IL-1β 17/17 17/17 17 (100%)

IL-2 10/17 1/17 1 (5.8%)

IL-4 15/17 0/17 0 (0%)

IL-5 5/17 0/17 0 (0%)

IL-6 7/17 16/17 7 (41.2%)

IL-8 0/17 0/17 0 (0%)

IL-10 9/17 1/17 1 (5.8%)

GM-CSF 1/17 13/17 1 (5.8%)

IFN-γ 12/17 0/17 0 (0%)

TNF 12/17 9/17 9 (52.9%)

TOTAL all cytokines 88 57