Perfect Antibody for Insulin

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Afyon Kocatepe
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Company:

Santa Cruz Biotechnology

Product Name:

Insulin antibody

Catalog Number:

SC-8033

Clone Number:

2D11-H5

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I use this antibody in my diabetes study with streptozotocin. It stained undamaged Beta cells very strongly by immunohistochemistry. almost it makes zero background staining. Sharp and clear. Thus, exact numbers of data were obtained from the insulin stained ihc photographs.

Experimental Design and Results Summary

Applications

Immunohistochemistry

Sample

Rat pancreas tissue

Primary Incubation

1/50 dilution, diluent BSA %1, 2 hours at RT

Blocking Agent

%1 BSA

Secondary Incubation

biotinylated anti-mouse IgG

Tertiary Incubation

peroxidase conjugated streptavidin - AEC chromogen

Detection

ABC-method

Results Summary

In my diabetes studies, it enabled the detection of healthy and insulin-producing Beta cells in the pancreas.

DOI or PMID #

Additional Notes

Gill's hemalum as a background staining.

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Summary

The Good

specific binding and without background staining

The Bad

no bad things...

The Bottom Line

The antibody has become the standard insulin of the my laboratory. I recommend it to anyone studying insulin immunohistochemistry.

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