Porcine Hepcidin (Hepc) ELISA Kit

Hepcidin is a small cysteine-rich antimicrobial peptide produced chiefly by hepatocytes, where it acts as the master regulator of iron homeostasis by binding ferroportin and triggering its internalization and degradation. In swine models, circulating hepcidin concentrations respond rapidly to iron status, inflammatory cues, and erythropoietic activity, making quantitative measurement a critical readout in veterinary nutrition research, models of anemia of inflammation, and translational studies of iron-loading disorders.

This Assay Genie kit is configured as a complete enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) using a matched antibody pair with an absorbance-based readout, validated specifically for porcine reactivity. It accepts multiple sample matrices, including serum or plasma, tissue homogenates, cell lysates, and cell culture supernatants, which lets researchers move between in vivo sampling and in vitro cell-based experiments without switching platforms.

The workflow follows standard ELISA practice and is intended for research use only. Each kit is supplied with the reagents required to run a full microplate, supporting iron-metabolism, hepatic, and infectious-disease research programs that rely on the pig as a biomedical model.