Alpha Laboratories has been selling immunology products for over 15 years
HEp-2 cells are a standardised cell line, originating from a human larynx tumour, and are used to distinguish between different autoantibodies.
Alpha Laboratories says it is the only company in the UK to supply the genetically modified HEp-2000 cells.
These cells produce the same ANA patterns as HEp-2 cells but have an increased sensitivity to SS-A/Ro, the most commonly detected autoantibody.
The SS-A/Ro pattern is considered confirmatory, therefore the use of these slides can reduce result turn-around time and laboratory expenditure on expensive confirmatory tests.
Alpha Laboratories also tenders a fully comprehensive range of both IFA and Elisa assay kits covering all aspects of autoimmune serology testing.
HEp-2, HEp-2000, Crithidia and ANCA slide-based assays are sold in two different formats, fluorescent and colorzyme, for use with UV microscopes or standard light microscopes respectively.
On the other hand, if your department prefers to screen using rodent tissue, Alpha Laboratories offers a range of both rat or mouse tissues, available either singly or as composite blocks.
The Alpha Laboratories range of Elisa kits are all colour-coded, consist of breakaway wells and have a total assay time of 65 minutes.
