FABP4 is a 15 kDa member of the intracellular FABP family, which is known for the ability to bind fatty acids and related compounds (bile acids or retinoids). FABP4 is expressed in a differentiation-dependent fashion in adipocytes and is a critical gene in the regulation of the biological function…

Cayman's ATP Detection Assay Kit - Luminescence provides a simple and effective tool for measuring total ATP levels. This assay uses firefly luciferase to convert ATP and luciferin to oxyluciferin and light. The light emitted in this reaction is directly proportional to the concentration of ATP…

Caspase-3 plays a central role in the execution of apoptosis. Cayman’s Caspase-3 Fluorescence Assay employs a specific caspase-3 substrate, N-Ac-DEVD-N'-MC-R110, which upon cleavage by active caspase-3, generates a highly fluorescent product that can be measured using excitation and…

Cayman’s Glucose Assay provides a simple, reproducible, and sensitive tool for assaying glucose in plasma, serum, and urine. The glucose assay uses the glucose oxidase-peroxide reaction for the determination of glucose concentrations. In this assay, glucose is oxidized to d-gluconolactone…

Bromodomains recognize acetylated lysine residues and recruit regulatory complexes to acetylated nucleosomes, thereby controlling chromatin structure and gene expression. The isolated individual or tandem bromodomains of BRD2 and BRD4 bind acetylated histone tails, which couples histone acetylation…

Urea is the final degradation product of protein and amino acid metabolism. Urea is found in blood and is excreted by the kidney as a component of urine. Besides its role as carrier of waste nitrogen, urea also plays a role in the countercurrent exchange system of the nephrons, allowing for…

Adenosine 3',5' cyclic monophosphate (cAMP) is a ubiquitous cellular second messenger that is a critical component of a signal transduction pathway linking membrane receptors and their ligands to the activation of internal cellular enzymatic activity and gene expression. cAMP is synthesized…

Angiotensin II is a primary reactive vasoconstrictor, the main stimulus for aldosterone release, and one of the causative factors of chronic hypertension. The active angiotensin II octapeptide is released via a tightly controlled series of prohormones and proteases. Normal human plasma angiotensin…

For the measurement of unacylated ghrelin.

Methylation of key biological molecules and proteins plays important roles in numerous biological systems, including signal transduction, biosynthesis, protein repair, gene silencing, and chromatin regulation. The SAM dependent MTs use SAM as the enzymatic cofactor. SAM, also known as AdoMet, acts…

Cayman's OX2R Reporter Assay Kit consists of a 96-well plate coated with both OX2R and Secreted Alkaline Phosphatase (SEAP) reporter constructs (OX2R Reverse Transfection Strip Plate). Cells grown on the transfection complex will express OX2R at the cell surface and the recombinant G-protein…

PPARs are ligand-activated transcription factors belonging to the large superfamily of nuclear receptors. PPARα primarily activates genes encoding proteins involved in fatty acid oxidation, while PPARγ primarily activates genes directly involved in lipogenic pathway and insulin…

This nuclear receptor assay system utilizes proprietary non-human cells engineered to provide constitutive, high-level expression of the human retinoic acid receptor, beta (NR1B2), a ligand-dependent transcription factor commonly referred to as RARB or RARβ. INDIGO’s reporter cells…

Estriol, a metabolite of 17b-estradiol and a major estrogen produced during pregnancy. In the final weeks before parturition, estriol levels increase significantly (10 weeks gestation to approximately 150 ng/ml at week 38). The majority of the estriol synthesized in the later stages of pregnancy…

This nuclear receptor assay system utilizes proprietary non-human cells engineered to provide constitutive, high-level expression of the mouse peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor delta (NR1C2), a ligand-dependent transcription factor commonly referred to as PPARD or PPARδ.…

Cayman’s Albumin (human) ELISA Kit is a competitive assay that can be used for quantification of albumin in urine. The assay has a range from 15.6-2,000 ng/ml and a sensitivity (80% B/B0) of approximately 60 ng/ml.

This nuclear receptor assay system utilizes proprietary non-human cells engineered to provide constitutive, high-level expression of the human retinoic acid receptor gamma (NR1B3), a ligand-dependent transcription factor commonly referred to as RARG or RARγ. INDIGO’s reporter cells…

Tris-glycine stock solution (10X) contains filtered Tris-base containing 1.9 M glycine.

This nuclear receptor assay system utilizes proprietary non-human mammalian cells engineered to provide constitutive, high-level expression of human liver X receptor alpha (NR1H3), a ligand-dependent transcription factor commonly referred to as LXRα. INDIGO’s reporter cells include the…

This EIA kit specifically measures the acylated form of ghrelin.

β-HB is a "ketone body" which is produced in the liver, mainly from the oxidation of fatty acids, and is exported to peripheral tissues for use as an energy source. Normally ketosis can indicate that lipid metabolism has been activated and the pathway of lipid degradation is intact.…

Cayman's NETosis Assay Kit provides a simple and fast method for studying the process of NETosis ex vivo. Notably, Cayman's NETosis Assay Kit does not depend upon the DNA component of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs), as DNA release can occur independently of NETosis. In this kit,…

Cayman’s TMRE Mitochondrial Membrane Potential Assay Kit utilizes tetramethylrhodamine ethyl ester (TMRE), a cell permeable, cationic dye which accumulates in the mitochondrial matrix based on mitochondrial membrane potential (ΔψM). This assay, which is suitable for high-throughput…

For the measurement of acylated ghrelin.

This EIA is based on the competition between free adiponectin and coated adiponectin coated to the wells of a 96-well plate for a fixed quantity of HRP-labeled adiponectin antibody.

LSD1 is a histone demethylase whose actions on specific lysine residues alter transcription of chromosomal DNA. It also inhibits the tumor suppressor activity of p53 by demethylating a specific lysine residue. Inhibitors of LSD1 are important tools used to elucidate mechanisms of transcription and…

Cayman’s MPO Inhibitor Screening Assay provides convenient fluorescence-based methods for screening inhibitors to both the chlorination and peroxidation activities of MPO. Sufficient reagents are provided for a full 96-well plate assay of each type of activity.

This nuclear receptor assay system utilizes proprietary non-human cells engineered to provide constitutive, high-level expression of the rat peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (NR1C1), a ligand-dependent transcription factor commonly referred to as PPARA or rPPARα.…

Cayman’s SOD Assay is a fast and reliable assay for the measurement of SOD activity from plasma, serum, tissue homogenates, and cell lysates. SOD activity is assessed by measuring the dismutation of superoxide radicals generated by xanthine oxidase and hypoxanthine in a convenient 96-well…

Cayman’s PAF-AH Inhibitor Screening Assay uses 2-thio PAF as a substrate for PAF-AH. Upon hydrolysis of the acetyl thioester bond at the sn-2 position by PAF-AH, free thiols are detected using DTNB also known as Ellman's reagent. Cayman's PAF-AH Inhibitor Screening assay includes…

Testosterone is the prototypic and predominant circulating androgenic steroid. It plays a major role in the growth and function of many reproductive and non-reproductive tissues and organs including muscle, liver, and brain, directing the development of the male phenotype during embryogenesis and…

Leptin is a 16 kDa protein hormone encoded by the obese (ob) gene with important effects in metabolism and regulation of body weight. Leptin has dual actions, decreasing appetite and increasing energy consumption. The primary effect of leptin appears to be mediated by leptin receptors expressed…