Anti-Dectin-1 Antibody [GE2]

Store undiluted at -20°C only. Storage in frost free freezers is not recommended. Avoid freeze-thaw cycles. Should this product contain a precipitate we recommend microcentrifugation before use.

Monoclonal

1 mg/ml

Protein A affinity chromatography of tissue culture supernatant.

This antibody recognises human Dectin-1, also known as beta-glucan receptor (ßGR) , a C-type lectin domain family member. It is a major pathogen pattern-recognition receptor that binds beta-glucans, glucose polymers that form cell-wall components or exopolymers of yeasts, fungi and some bacteria. Beta-glucans have also been used experimentally and therapeutically as immunomodulators that enhance resistance to bacterial, yeast, viral and protozoan infections, as well as tumor formation. Dectin-1 also acts as a co-stimulatory molecule on T-cells to induce their proliferation and is necessary for the TLR2-mediated inflammatory response. It is highly expressed on peripheral blood leukocytes and dendritic cells.Human Dectin-1 has two major (ßGR-A and ßGR-B) and several minor isoforms. ßGR-A and ßGR-B differ by the presence and absence, respectively, of a stalk region. recognises both major isoforms. Clone GE2 could be used to inhibit receptor function.