Anti-Human Growth Hormone (hGH) Antibody

Antibodies.com distributes this rabbit-derived polyclonal reagent that targets human growth hormone (hGH), a 22 kDa peptide secreted by anterior pituitary somatotrophs. hGH governs linear growth in children and continues to influence lipid and carbohydrate metabolism in adults, and circulating concentrations are routinely assessed in clinical endocrinology. The reagent is supplied as neat serum in a 1 ml vial and is unconjugated, leaving the user free to pair it with HRP-, biotin-, or fluorophore-tagged secondary reagents for the chosen workflow. Typical applications include immunohistochemistry on pituitary sections, western blotting of conditioned medium from cultured somatotrophs, and use as a capture or detection layer in immunoassays quantifying secreted hGH. Polyclonal reactivity means the antiserum engages multiple epitopes across the mature hormone, which can broaden recognition of naturally occurring variants but also demands empirical titration in each new matrix. For liquid-format storage, refrigerating the vial and aliquoting upon first use helps limit repeated freeze-thaw cycles that erode immunoglobulin activity over time.