Background:  This receptor binds insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1) with a high affinity and IGF2 with a lower affinity. It has a tyrosine-protein kinase activity, which is necessary for the activation of the IGF1-stimulated downstream signaling cascade. When present in a hybrid receptor with INSR, binds IGF1. PubMed:12138094 shows that hybrid receptors composed of IGF1R and INSR isoform Long are activated with a high affinity by IGF1, with low affinity by IGF2 and not significantly activated by insulin, and that hybrid receptors composed of IGF1R and INSR isoform Short are activated by IGF1, IGF2 and insulin. In contrast, PubMed:16831875 shows that hybrid receptors composed of IGF1R and INSR isoform Long and hybrid receptors composed of IGF1R and INSR isoform Short have similar binding characteristics, both bind IGF1 and have a low affinity for insulin.

Description: Rabbit polyclonal to IGF-1R

Immunogen: KLH conjugated synthetic peptide derived from IGF-1R

Specificity:  ·Reacts with Human, Mouse, Rabbit, Pig, Cow, Dog, Chicken and Rat.

·Isotype: IgG

Application:  ·Western blotting: 1/100-500. Predicted Mol wt: 155 kDa;

·Immunohistochemistry (Frozen/paraffin tissue section): 1/50-200;

·Immunocytochemistry: 1/100;

·ELISA: 1/500;

·Optimal working dilutions must be determined by the end user.