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Synthetic corticosteroids are widely used for veterinary applications. The anti-inflammatory effects of corticosteroids have led to their use in the treatment of pain and inflammation in diseases such as rheumatic fever, rheumatoid arthritis and some acut
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Corticosterone (C21H30O4, also called 11?,21-Dihydroxyprogesterone, Reichstein’s Substance H, or Kendall’s Compound B) is, like cortisol and cortisone, a glucocorticoid hormone secreted from the cortex of the adrenal gland. Corticosterone is derived from cholesterol through a series of enzymatically mediated steps…
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Specification:96TestDescription:
Cortisol is the major glucocorticoid produced and secreted by the adrenal cortex. It affects the metabolism of protein, fat and carbohydrates; the maintenance of muscle and myocardial integrity; and the suppression of inflammatory and allergic activities. Production of cortisol from the adrenal cortex is dependent…
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Ciliary neurotrophic factor (CNTF) is a polypeptide initially purified from 15-day chick embryo ocular tissue . Originally identified as a trophic factor for 8-day chick embryo parasympathetic neurons, CNTF has since been found to be a member of a limited family of neuropoietic cytokines that also includes Leukemia…
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Interleukin 12 (IL-12), also known as natural killer cell stimulatory factor (NKSF) or cytotoxic lymphocyte maturation factor (CLMF), is a pleiotropic cytokine originally identified in the medium of cultured EBV-transformed RPMI-8866 cells . IL-12 is a 75 kDa glycoprotein heterodimer composed of two genetically…
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Clusterin [also known as Apolipoprotein J, Sulfated Glycoprotein 2 (SGP-2), TRPM-2, and SP-40], is a secreted multifunctional protein that was named for its ability to induce cellular clustering. It binds a wide range of molecules and may function as a chaperone of misfolded extracellular proteins. It also participates in the control…
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Specification:96TestDescription:
Circulating Immune Complexes (CIC) are formed by the interaction of antibodies with immunogenic antigens. Immune Complexes with only a slight excess of antibody and antigen are soluble and activate complement. CIC formation may be viewed as host defense directed against foreign antigens. Under normal circumstances…
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Specification:96TestDescription:
CK (nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells) is a protein complex that acts as a transcription factor. CK is found in almost all animal cell types and is involved in cellular responses to stimuli such as stress, cytokines, free radicals, ultraviolet irradiation, oxidized LDL, and bacterial or…
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The CK-MB isoenzyme, which has a molecular mass of approximately 87 kilodaltons, accounts for 5% to 50% of total CK activity in myocardium. In skeletal muscle, by contrast, it normally accounts for ≤1%, CK-MM being the dominant form, though the percentage can be as high as 10% in conditions reflecting skeletal muscle injury and…
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Bacterial collagenases,are used to digest tissues and to isolate individual cells or groups of cells. Two different collagenase types are known from Clostridium histolyticum.
Collagenases I and collagenases II differ in their relative activity towards collagen and towards synthetic peptides. Collagenases I have higher activities…