Abcam, ab254515, Human Cytokeratin 18 Fragment ELISA Kit (CK18-30)

Size: 1 x 96Tests
Human Cytokeratin 18 Fragment ELISA Kit (CK18-30) is a single-wash 90-min Simplestep used to quantify Human Cytokeratin 18 Fragment (CK18-30) with a sensitivity of 22.8 pg/ml. The assay uses a simple mix-wash-read protocol with just one incubation and one wash step. - Colorimetric Sandwich ELISA - 450 nm readout : works on any standard plate reader - Design your own immunoassay: we also offer the conjugation-ready antibody pair
Key facts
Detection method:Colorimetric,
Sample types:Heparin Plasma, Citrate plasma, Cell culture supernatant, Serum, Cell Lysate, EDTA Plasma,
Reacts with:Human,
Assay type:Sandwich (quantitative),
Sensitivity:= 22.8 pg/mL,
Range:46.875 - 3000 pg/mL,
Assay time:1h 30m,
Assay Platform:Pre-coated microplate (12 x 8 well strips)

Product details:
Human Cytokeratin 18 Fragment ELISA Kit (CK18-30) ab254515 is a rapid single-wash 90-min Sandwich ELISA to measure Human Cytokeratin 18 Fragment (CK18-30)in cell culture supernatant, cell lysate, citrate plasma, EDTA plasma, heparin plasma, serum. This SimpleStep sensitivity is 22.8 pg/mL.
How the assay works
Human Cytokeratin 18 Fragment (CK18-30)SimpleStep ELISA
employs capture antibodies conjugated to an affinity tag that is recognized by the monoclonal antibody used to coat our SimpleStep ELISA
plates. This approach to sandwich ELISA allows the formation of the antibody-analyte sandwich complex in a single step, significantly reducing assay time. See the SimpleStep ELISA
protocol summary in the image section for further details.
Assay Specificity
Our SimpleStep ELISA
kits use recombinant monoclonal antibodies rigorously validated to ensure the highest level of consistency and reproducibility, improved sensitivity and specificity and ease of scalability and security of supply.
Please refer to our protocol booklet for more details.
Human Cytokeratin 18 Fragment ELISA Kit (CK18-30) ab254515 protocol summary
1. Mix: add samples/standards to the wells together with the capture and detector antibody cocktail. Incubate 1 hr at room temperature
2. Wash
3. Add TMB development solution - incubate for 10 min
4. Add Stop solution
5. Read the results on a plate reader at 450 nm
Cytokeratin 18 Fragment is a degradation product of Cytokeratin 18. Cytokeratin 18 is involved in the uptake of thrombin-antithrombin complexes by hepatic cells. Cytokeratin 18 becomes cleaved during apoptosis resulting in a 18kDa fragment, which can be used as a measure of cell death and a biomarker for liver disease. ab254515 recognizes this fragment, and specifically recognizes the cleavage site (M30) neo-epitope and does not recognize the full-length protein.
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Properties and Storage Information:
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Supplementary Information:
This supplementary information is collated from multiple sources and compiled automatically.
Cytokeratin 18 (CK18) also known as Keratin 18 or KRT18 is a type I intermediate filament protein with a molecular weight of approximately 45 kDa. It plays a mechanical role in stabilizing epithelial cell structure and function. CK18 is expressed in single-layered epithelial tissues such as the liver intestine and pancreas. It partners with the type II keratin usually KRT8 to form a stable cytoskeletal network in these cells providing structural integrity and resilience.
Biological function summary
CK18 maintains cellular integrity and mediates resistance to mechanical and non-mechanical stresses in epithelial cells. It forms heterodimers with KRT8 participating in a complex network of filaments important for maintaining cell shape and stability. This organization plays a role in managing cell survival during stress and apoptosis helping regulate cellular functions and responses in tissues where it is expressed.
Pathways
Cytokeratin 18 is involved in the apoptosis and cellular stress response pathways. It interacts with proteins such as caspases during apoptosis facilitating cytoskeletal reorganization and cell fragmentation. CK18 in coordination with KRT8 also participates in signaling pathways that regulate cell cycle and apoptotic processes underlining its importance in cellular turnover and tissue homeostasis.
Elevated levels of CK18 fragments are often observed in cases of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and breast cancer. It serves as a biomarker for liver injury due to its abundance in hepatocytes and release upon cell death. In breast cancer alterations in CK18 expression can reflect disease progression where it interacts with other proteins such as vimentin indicating epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition a process that facilitates metastasis.