Anti-CD14 Antibody [TÜK4]

Mouse monoclonal [TÜ K4] antibody to CD14.

1 mg/ml

Protein A affinity chromatography of tissue culture supernatant.

This antibody recognises the human CD14 cell surface antigen. CD14 is a ~55 kDa glycoprotein that contains multiple leucine-rich repeats. It is anchored to the cell membrane via a glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) linkage , a soluble form of CD14 also exists. CD14 is strongly expressed on the surface of monocytes and macrophages but has also been shown to be expressed on the surface of non-myeloid cells (Jersmann 2005). CD14 functions as a pattern recognition receptor (Pugin et al. 1994, Dziarski et al. 1998) in innate immunity for a variety of ligands, in particular for the LPS (endotoxin) of Gram-negative bacteria. Mouse anti human CD14 antibody, clone TÜK4 has been shown to block SDF-induced chemotaxis of U937 cells in a dose –dependent manner. Use of the anti-human CD14 antibody, Low Endotoxin format is recommended for this purpose.