Human Vimentin Profiling ELISA Kit

Abcam's Vimentin Human Profiling in vitro ELISA (Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay) kit is designed for the accurate qualitative measurement of total vimentin protein in Human samples.

The assay employs an antibody specific to Vimentin coated onto well plate strips. Samples are pipetted into the wells and Vimentin present in the sample is bound to the wells by the immobilized antibody. The wells are washed and an anti-Vimentin detector antibody is added. After washing away unbound detector antibody, HRP-conjugated label specific for the detector antibody is pipetted into the wells. The wells are again washed, a TMB development solution is added to the wells and blue color develops in proportion to the amount of bound Vimentin.

Vimentin is a type III intermediate filament (IF) protein that forms the cytoskeletal framework in the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells. Other structural proteins such as actin and tubulin are highly conserved in different cell types, whereas IF proteins are expressed in a highly tissue specific manner. Due to vimentin being the major cytoskeletal protein in mesenchymal cells, it is used as a marker of mesenchymally-derived cells or cells undergoing epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) during normal development and metastatic progression.

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