Human Long-[arg3] Insulin like Growth Factor-1 (IGF-1), also called as IGF long R3 protein, mediates many of the growth-promoting effects of growth hormone. IGF1 also stimulates both proliferation and differentiation of myogenic precursor cells. In vivo IGFs are bound to one of the members of a family of six high-affinity IGF binding proteins (IGFBP 1-6) that regulate their biological activity. One of these binding proteins, IGFBP-3, affects cell proliferation via both IGF-dependent and IGF-independent mechanisms and it has generally been shown to suppress proliferation of cultured cells.

The antibody is stable for at least 1 year from the date of receipt when stored at -20^°C to -70^°C. Reconstituted antibody can also be aliquotted and stored at 4^°C for 1 month or at -20^°C to -70^°C in a manual defrost freezer for many months without detectable loss activity. Please avoid freeze-thaw cycles.

The Mouse anti-human IGF-1 antibody specifically detects targets derived from human recombinant protein at various concentrations. Cross reactivity with mouse and rat are expected from sequence similarity.