Osteoprotegerin （OPG） is a member of the TNFR superfamily that can act as a decoy receptor for RANKL.
Binding of soluble OPG to sRANKL inhibits osteoclastogenesis by interrupting the signaling between stromal cells and osteoclastic progenitor cells, thereby leading to excess accumulation of bone and cartilage.
OPG is expressed in a wide variety of tissues, including the adult heart, lung, kidney, liver, spleen, prostate, lymph node, and bone marrow.
OPG is secreted both as a monomeric and a dimeric protein.
Its primary structure consists of seven distinct domains, four of which correspond to the extracellular cysteine-rich domains of TNFR proteins and constitute the soluble OPG.
The BioGems Human OPG Pre-Coated ELISA （Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay） kit is a solid phase immunoassay specially designed to measure OPG with a 96-well strip plate that is pre-coated with mouse monoclonal antibody specific for OPG.
It contains NSO-expressed recombinant OPG.
The detection antibody is a biotinylated goat polyclonal antibody specific for OPG.
The kit is analytically validated with ready to use reagents.
