Human Cardiotrophin 1 ELISA Kit (CTF1) (ab99996)
Key features and details
- Sensitivity: 20 pg/ml
- Range: 16.46 pg/ml - 12000 pg/ml
- Sample type: Cell culture supernatant, Plasma
- Detection method: Colorimetric
- Assay type: Sandwich (quantitative)
- Reacts with: Human
Properties
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Storage instructions
Store at -20°C. Please refer to protocols. -
Components 1 x 96 tests 20X Wash Buffer Concentrate 1 x 25ml 5X Assay Diluent 1 x 15ml 600X HRP-Streptavidin Concentrate 1 x 200µl Biotinylated anti-Human Cardiotrophin 1 (lyophilized) 2 vials Cardiotrophin 1 Microplate (12 x 8 wells) 1 unit Recombinant Cardiotrophin 1 Human Standard (lyophilized) 2 vials Stop Solution 1 x 8ml TMB One-Step Substrate Reagent 1 x 12ml -
Research areas
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Function
Induces cardiac myocyte hypertrophy in vitro. Binds to and activates the ILST/gp130 receptor. -
Tissue specificity
Highly expressed in heart, skeletal muscle, prostate and ovary. Lower levels in lung, kidney, pancreas, thymus, testis and small intestine. Little or no expression in brain, placenta, liver, spleen, colon or peripheral blood leukocytes. -
Sequence similarities
Belongs to the IL-6 superfamily. -
Cellular localization
Secreted. - Information by UniProt
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Alternative names
- Cardiophin 1
- Cardiophin1
- Cardiotrophin I
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Database links
- Entrez Gene: 1489 Human
- Omim: 600435 Human
- SwissProt: Q16619 Human
- Unigene: 483811 Human
Images
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Typical Standard Curve
Representative Standard Curve using ab99996.
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ELISA: Cardiotrophin 1 (CTF1) Human ELISA Kit (ab99996)Standard curve with background signal subtracted (duplicates; +/- SD).