This ELISA kit provides quantitative measurement of TNF-α in porcine samples, supporting immunology research where this master pro-inflammatory cytokine drives innate immune activation, sepsis modeling, and tissue inflammation. Because porcine TNF-α levels can shift rapidly from undetectable baseline concentrations to high nanogram ranges during acute immune challenge, the kit is designed to capture this dynamic expression across diverse experimental contexts.
Detection Range: The 23.5–1500 pg/mL range spans the concentrations typically observed in LPS-stimulated porcine whole blood, activated alveolar macrophage supernatants, and serum from experimentally induced endotoxemia, reducing the need for extensive serial dilution in most acute inflammation models.
Sensitivity: At 11.75 pg/mL, the kit detects the low constitutive TNF-α levels present in unstimulated porcine monocyte cultures and baseline serum, enabling accurate measurement of early innate immune priming before overt inflammatory amplification.
Sample Compatibility: Validation across serum, plasma, cell culture supernatants, and tissue homogenates allows researchers to correlate systemic circulating TNF-α with local production in gut, lung, or lymphoid tissue — critical for porcine mucosal immunology and organ-level inflammation studies.
Assay Efficiency: The 1–5 hour protocol using only 50–100 µL accommodates limited-volume neonatal piglet samples and high-throughput screening of multiple treatment groups common in swine vaccine trials.
This kit directly supports research in porcine sepsis modeling, PRRSV-associated immunopathology, and intestinal barrier dysfunction studies.