ccy@po.CWRU.Edu (Cheung C. Yue) (04/24/91)
I would like to systematically look at expression of a number of cytokines/growth factors and their receptors in cell lines derived from human and rodent sources. I would therefore appreciate contributions from readers as to 1) contacts for cDNA probes, and 2) tested PCR primer sequences (together with citation if available) for cytokines, cytokine receptors, growth factors, and growth factor receptors. I know how to search Genbank and EMBL databases, and I know of the primer sets for human cytokines from Clontech. The reason I am trying to avoid the former is because of the absence of mail addresses in those databases, and the reason I definitely want to avoid the latter option is because of money (what else?). Since I suspect such a database (small though it may be) could be of use to others, I *_promise_* to post a follow-up (and probabily with periodic updates) to this news group all that I have found out. If you could possibly spare me a few minutes of your time in reaching into your file cabinet to dig up a couple of references that you know of, I will pay you back by compiling a comprehensive list of this data. Please do drop me a line at ccy@po.cwru.edu (Internet) or ccy%po.cwru.edu@cunyvm.bitnet. --