Rat Insulin Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 2 (IGFBP2) ELISA Kit

This quantitative immunoassay from Assay Genie is built to measure Insulin-like Growth Factor Binding Protein 2 in rat samples, supporting research into IGF signaling, metabolic regulation, and growth factor biology. The kit is supplied in a 96-assay configuration with all reagents needed to generate a standard curve and run unknown samples side by side.

IGFBP2 is a secreted carrier protein that modulates the bioavailability of IGF-1 and IGF-2, and altered circulating levels have been linked in published rat studies to fasting, hepatic injury, and tumor progression. Researchers commonly apply this assay to serum fractions, tissue homogenates, and cell lysates prepared from rat liver, adipose, brain, or tumor specimens. Cell culture supernatants from primary hepatocytes or established rat cell lines can also be measured to investigate paracrine signaling.

Each plate is processed using standard ELISA workflow, with the chromogenic reaction read on a standard microplate reader. Reagents should be stored according to the supplied insert to preserve antibody binding activity across repeated freeze-thaw cycles when aliquoted for routine use. The kit is intended for research use only and is not validated for diagnostic procedures.

Researchers investigating hypothalamic regulation of energy balance, hepatic IGF axis activity, or tumor microenvironment signaling will find this assay relevant, as will laboratories studying how nutritional status, hormones, or pharmacologic interventions reshape growth factor binding protein expression in the rat.