General Description
The Rat TNF-α ELISA (Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay) kit is an in vitro enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the quantitative measurement of Rat TNF-α in serum, plasma, cell culture supernatants and urine.
Biochem/physiol Actions
Tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) affects various cellular processes such as blood-brain barrier, inflammatory, thrombogenic, and vascular changes following brain damage. TNF-α expression is upregulated in various central nervous system disorders, including Alzheimer′s disease, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson′s disease, meningococcal meningitis and HIV infection. Elevated expression of TNF-α in brain and blood in response to lipopolysaccharide might increase brain stem thrombosis and hemorrhage and stroke sensitivity/risk in hypertensive rats. Tumor necrosis factor-α activates polymorphonuclear leukocyte NADPH oxidase, thereby facilitates development of systemic oxidative stres (OS), inflammation and hypertension in rats.
