CDSimple™ PRLs Chemiluminescent ELISA Kit

Sample

Serum

Species Reactivity

Human

Intended Use

The Quantitative Determination of Prolactin Hormone Concentration in Human Serum by a Microplate sequential Immunoenzymetric assay.

Storage

2-8°C

Sensitivity

5 IU/ml

General Description

Prolactin (PRL), also known as luteotropic hormone or luteotropin, is a protein that is best known for its role in enabling mammals, usually females, to produce milk. It is influential in over 300 separate processes in various vertebrates, including humans. Prolactin is secreted from the pituitary gland in response to eating, mating, estrogen treatment, ovulation and nursing. Prolactin is secreted in pulses in between these events. Prolactin plays an essential role in metabolism, regulation of the immune system and pancreatic development.
Discovered in non-human animals around 1930 by Oscar Riddle and confirmed in humans in 1970 by Henry Friesen prolactin is a peptide hormone, encoded by the PRL gene.