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What is the relationship between the specific activity expressed as an ED50 and as units/mg?

April 26, 2017activity cytokine cytokines ed50 expressed MG recombinant relationship units

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What is the relationship between the specific activity expressed as an ED50 and as units/mg?

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The ED50 is defined as the cytokine concentration at which the activity is 50% of the maximum response. This method of expressing potency should only be used for cytokines whose dose-response curves are sigmoidal in shape.