Liquid. In 0.01M phosphate buffer, pH 7.4, containing 0.5M sodium chloride and 15mM sodium azide.
Shipping:
Blue Ice Not Frozen
Short Term Storage:
+4°C
Scientific Background:
Pig neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL; also lipocalin 2 or siderocalin) may, by analogy with its homologues in other mammalian species, be released from activated neutrophils in inflammation or infection from certain epithelial cancers, and more dramatically, from renal tubular cells in response to ischemic or nephrotoxic injury.
Regulatory Status:
RUO - Research Use Only
General Literature References
Application of emerging biomarkers of acute kidney injury in development of kidney-sparing polypeptide-based antibiotics: D. Burt, et al.; Drug Chem. Toxicol. 37, 204 (2014), Abstract;
Ultra sensitive (1.279 pg/ml) ELISA kit, enabling reduced input sample and matrix interference, for the quantification of KIM-1, an early biomarker for kidney injury or disease.
