Bioss Inc.'s Amylin Polyclonal Antibody, Cy3 Conjugated is a Rabbit Polyclonal antibody. This antibody has been shown to work in applications such as: Immunofluorescence, Immunohistochemistry, Immunohistochemistry - fixed, and Western Blot. The Amylin Polyclonal Antibody, Cy3 Conjugated was generated using IAPP, and Islet Amyloid Polypeptide as the antigen and it reacts with Homo Sapiens, Human, Mouse, and Rat.
Description
Amylin is commonly found in pancreatic islets of patients suffering diabetes mellitus type II, or harboring an insulinoma. While the assosciation of amylin with the development of type II diabetes has been known for some time, a direct causative role for amylin has been harder to establish. Recent results suggest that amylin, like the related beta amyloid (Abeta) assosciated with Alzheimer's disease, can induce apoptotic cell death in particular cultured cells, an effect that may be relevant to the development of type II diabetes