eBioscience™ Human/Non-Human Primate Regulatory T Cell Staining Kit #1

Description

• This Human/Non-human Primate Regulatory T cell Staining Kit contains all of the buffers and monoclonal antibodies for CD4, CD25, and Foxp3 necessary to successfully stain and identify regulatory T cells from human, rhesus, cynomolgus, or chimpanzee peripheral blood cells
• This kit may also be used to identify regulatory T cells in baboons, using the CD25 and Foxp3 monoclonal antibodies, however, the monoclonal antibody for CD4 that is included in this kit does not crossreact with baboon
• The OKT4 monoclonal antibody reacts with human, rhesus, cynomolgus, and chimpanzee CD4, a 59 kDa glycoprotein found on the surface of the majority of thymocytes, a subset of mature T cells (T helper cells), and at lower levels on monocytes
• The BC96 monoclonal antibody reacts with human, rhesus, cynomolgus, chimpanzee, and baboon CD25 (also known as interleukin-2 receptor alpha, IL-2R alpha), a 55 kDa surface protein expressed by early progenitors of T cells and B cells, by mature, activated T cells and B cells, and at constitutively high levels on regulatory T cells
• The PCH101 monoclonal antibody reacts with the amino terminus of human, rhesus, cynomolgus, chimpanzee, and baboon Foxp3, also known as FORKHEAD BOX P3, SCURFIN, and JM2
• Foxp3 is a 49-55 kDa protein and a member of the forkhead/winged-helix family of transcription factors
• It was identified as the gene responsible for the X-linked lymphoproliferative disease observed in scurfy (sf) mice and in the human disorder, X-linked autoimmunity-allergic dysregulation syndrome (XLAAD)
• Constitutive expression of Foxp3 mRNA has been shown in CD4+CD25+ regulatory T cells (Treg), and ectopic expression of Foxp3 in CD4+CD25- cells imparts a Treg phenotype in these cells.