In article <4j5ins$lki at mserv1.dl.ac.uk>, "Zeitlin, Ben" <B.Zeitlin at shu.ac.uk> says:
>>>Could anyone point me towards any references for currently used bioassays
>measuring IL-1 (beta), IL-2 and IL-6 levels in cell culture supernatant.
> And are there any bioassays for TNF alpha other than the WEHI or L929(?)
>cytotoxicity assays. To put it bluntly, I'm looking for methods which are
>cheaper than ELISA!
>>Thanks for your help,
>I'm not sure that biassays would be any cheaper than ELISA, but
'Cytokines a practicle Approach' has several methods which might interest you.
Janet Spicer