title: Serum soluble interleukin-2 receptor levels of normal blood donors.
abstract: Following T cell activation a part of the IL-2-receptor (sIL-2-R) was released from the T cell membrane. Elevated serum levels of sIL-2-R were observed in some pathological conditions. The serum of healthy blood donors (n = 228) was investigated by ELISA to see whether a correlation existed in normal donors between the age or the sex of the donor and the sIL-2-R. The serum levels found were in the range between 5 and 398 pM. No correlation was found between the different ages or the sex of the donors.
authors.affiliation: Klinikum Karlsruhe, Akademisches Lehrkrankenhaus, Universität Freiburg, Germany.
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Giannitsis
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Müller-Hof
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Häcker-Shahin
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis; D001782:Blood Donors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008970:Molecular Weight; D015375:Receptors, Interleukin-2 / Q000032:analysis*; D012737:Sex Factors
chemical_list: D015375:Receptors, Interleukin-2