Anti-Insulin-Like Growth Factor-II antibody produced in goat

Insulin-like growth factors -I and -II are important regulators of signalling that mediates growth and metabolism in cells. Insulin-like growth factor -II (IGF-II) is widely expressed during embryonic stages and regulates the placental development. IGF-II acts via specific receptor, IGF-IIR, the binding does not result in signal transduction, but is a mechanism to restrict the bioavailability of IGF-II. IGF-II also binds to IGF-IR which results in the activation of MAPK, Raf/Ras and PI3K cascades. The effects of IGF-II signalling are important in growth of blood vessels (angiogenesis) gene transcription, proliferation and transformation. Irregular IGF-II signaling has been implicated in many cancers including lung cancer, colo-rectal cancer, cervical cancer, testicular cancer, rhabdosarcoma, melanoma and hepatoblastoma
Anti-IGF-II recognizes human insulin-like growth factor II. It does not react with human IGF-I.

The antibody will neutralize the biological activity of recombinant human IGF-II. It does not neutralize the biological activity of recombinant human IGF-I.

recombinant human IGF-II

Anti- IGF-II antibody may be used for neutralization reactions, the ND50 of the antibody is 0.2-0.8 μg/ml. This antibody was used to neutralize IGF-II in glioblastoma cell lines. For immunohistochemistry a working antibody concentration of 5-15 μg/ml may be used for formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded human placenta sections. The antibody is suitable for immunoblotting.

Lyophilized from a 0.2 μm filtered solution of phosphate buffered saline, pH 7.4, with 5% trehalose

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