Thomsen-Friedenreich Antigen / CD176 (Pan Carcinoma Marker)(A63-C/A9), 1mg/mL

Primary

Primary Antibodies Only

Purified, BSA-free

Room Temperature (Next day)

Multiple

This antibody recognizes a disaccharide epitope, Gal 1-3GalNAc, of Thomsen-Friedenreich (TF) antigen. It is specific for both anomeric forms of the disaccharide (TF and TF , including related structures on the glycolipid) and shows no cross-reactivity with sialylated glycophorin. The Thomsen-Friedenreich antigen acts as an oncofetal antigen, with low expression in normal adult tissues but increasing to fetal levels of expression in hyperplasia or malignancy. It is considered as a pan-carcinoma marker. This MAb is capable to agglutinate desialylated red blood cells. During metastasis, the ability of malignant cells to form multicellular aggregates via homotypic or heterotypic aggregation and their adhesion to the endothelium are critical. The tumor-associated carbohydrate Thomsen-Friedenreich antigen (Gal-GalNAc) is involved in tumor cell adhesion and tissue invasion. It also causes an immune response, and overexpression of the antigen causes cancer cells to be more sensitive to natural killer cell lysis. The Thomsen-Friedenreich antigen is suppressed in normal healthy cells and represents one of the few chemically well-defined antigens associated with tumor malignancy. The presence of the Thomsen-Friedenreich antigen on the surface of cancer cells may result from a divergence from the normal pathway for O-linked glycosylation in these cells, most likely caused by inappropriate localization of the enzymes involved in synthesis of the disaccharide.This antibody is available purified, with BSA and azide (0.2 mg/mL) or purified, BSA-free and azide-free (1 mg/mL).

Mus musculus (mouse)

Stable at room temperature or 37°C (98°F) for 7 days.

Primary and secondary antibodies for multiple methodologyimmunostaining detection application

1 mg/mL

Guaranteed for at least 24 months from date of receipt when stored as recommended

Monoclonal

Not Applicable

KG1 cells. Human colorectal carcinoma tissues.

IHC, FFPE (verified)

Immunohistochemistry (formalin-fixed): 1-2 ug/mL for 30 minutes at 37�C|Immunohistochemistry: frozen: 0.5-1.0 ug/mL for 30 minutes at RT|Immunofluorescence: 0.5-1 ug/mL|Staining of formalin-fixed tissues requires boiling tissue sections in 10 mM citrate buffer, pH 6.0, for 10-20 minutes followed by cooling at RT for 20 minutes|Optimal dilution for a specific application should be determined by user

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