Data for: Investigating the effects of persistent organic pollutants on insulin-like growth factor 1 in grey seals

This dataset comprises the collected data relating to the scoping review investigating the effects of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) on insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1), data from the bicinchoninic acid (BCA) assays used to determine protein concentration in each seal sample and data from seal pups showing their relative IGF-1 levels and POP levels, and western blot data generated during this project, including western blot optimisation data and images taken of western blot PVDF membranes in the GBox Imager.

Scoping review papers were collected from PubMed, Scopus and Web of Science and screened using Nested Knowledge.

Densitometry was used to generate data from western blots.
Seal sample data was generated before this project began by Kimberley Bennett.
README files describe the process of generating the western blot data and the BCA assay data.

The seal pups sample tracker gives the volumes required for 3 µg of protein for each sample.
JPEGs and SGDs for each of the three western blot optimisations are also included.
Samples were separated between five blots during western blotting, A16-P16X, Q16-EE16, A17-M17X, N17-X17X, Y17-FF17X. JPEGS and SGD files of each of the five western blots have been provided.