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RBP4 Human (High Sensitivity) ELISA

  • Regulatory status:RUO
  • Type:Sandwich ELISA
  • Other names:Plasma retinol-binding protein, PRBP, RBP, RBP4, PRO2222
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RAG021R 96 wells (1 kit) $634
PubMed Product Details
Technical Data

Type

Sandwich ELISA

Applications

Serum, Urine, Plasma, Cell culture supernatant

Shipping

At ambient temperature. Upon receipt, store the product at the temperature recommended below.

Storage/Expiration

Store the complete kit at 2–8°C. Under these conditions, the kit is stable until the expiration date (see label on the box).

Calibration Range

0.39 – 25 ng/ml

Limit of Detection

380 pg/ml

Note

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Summary

Research topic

Diabetology - Other Relevant Products, Energy metabolism and body weight regulation

Summary

Retinol binding protein (RBP) 4 is the only specific transport protein for vitamin A in the circulation whose function is to deliver vitamin to target tissues (1). In obesity and type 2 diabetes, expression of Glut4 is significantly impaired in adipocytes. Glucose transport via Glut4 is the rate-limiting step for glucose use by muscle and adipose tissue (2). Yang et al. noted that adipocyte-specific deletion of Gluts led to notable elevation of RBP4 causing systemic insulin resistance, and that reduction of RBP4 improved insulin resistance (3). This identified a novel role of RBP4 in regulating insulin action and RBP4 is recorded as an adipocyte-derived hormone. Thus, measurement of serum or plasma RBP4 is a useful means for understanding of metabolic disorders.

Summary References (3)

References to Retinol Binding Protein 4

  • Quadro L, Blaner WS, Salchow DJ, Vogel S, Piantedosi R, Gouras P, Freeman S, Cosma MP, Colantuoni V, Gottesman ME. Impaired retinal function and vitamin A availability in mice lacking retinol-binding protein. EMBO J. 1999 Sep 1;18 (17):4633-44
  • Shepherd PR, Kahn BB. Glucose transporters and insulin action--implications for insulin resistance and diabetes mellitus. N Engl J Med. 1999 Jul 22;341 (4):248-57
  • Yang Q, Graham TE, Mody N, Preitner F, Peroni OD, Zabolotny JM, Kotani K, Quadro L, Kahn BB. Serum retinol binding protein 4 contributes to insulin resistance in obesity and type 2 diabetes. Nature. 2005 Jul 21;436 (7049):356-62
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