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A unit is defined as the concentration of cytokine required to induce half maximal activity (e.g., in ng/ml). This is also referred to as the 50% effective dose (ED50). This method of expressing potency should only be used for cytokines whose dose-response curves are sigmoidal in shape (e.g., not chemotaxis assays).
