IL-13 Monoclonal Antibody (eBio13A), eFluor™ 450, eBioscience™, Invitrogen™

Description

• Description: The eBio13A antibody reacts with mouse IL-13
• IL-13 is a cytokine produced mainly by Th2 cells, but also by antigen-primed CD8 T cells
• IL-13 has a strong involvement in allergic inflammation and parasitic clearing and in cancer models has been shown to have either inhibitory or stimulatory activity depending on the tumor
• In humans, IL-13 is found to play a role in isotype switching in B cells
• IL-13 is implicating in down modulating macrophage activity, through the reduction of pro-inflammatory cytokines (IL-1, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, IL-12) Applications Reported: This eBio13A antibody has been reported for use in intracellular staining followed by flow cytometric analysis
• Applications Tested: This eBio13A antibody has been tested by intracellular staining and flow cytometric analysis of Th2-polarized mouse splenocytes
• This can be used at less than or equal to 1 μg per test
• A test is defined as the amount (μg) of antibody that will stain a cell sample in a final volume of 100 μL
• Cell number should be determined empirically but can range from 10^5 to 10^8 cells/test
• It is recommended that the antibody be carefully titrated for optimal performance in the assay of interest
• eFluor™ 450 is an alternative to Pacific Blue™
• eFluor™ 450 emits at 445 nm and is excited with the Violet laser (405 nm)
• Please make sure that your instrument is capable of detecting this fluorochome
• IL-13 is an immunoregulatory cytokine produced primarily by activated Th2 cells, and is involved in regulating inflammatory and immune responses
• IL-13 down-regulates macrophage activity, thereby inhibiting the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines and chemokines, and is involved in allergen-induced asthma through mechanisms independent of IgE and eosinophils
• IL-13 also regulates several stages of B cell maturation and differentiation, up-regulates CD23 and MHC class II expression, and promotes IgE isotype switching of B cells
• Structurally, IL-13 closely resembles IL-3, IL-4, IL-5 and GM-CSF
• The gene encoding IL-13, IL3, IL5, IL4, and CSF2 form a cytokine gene cluster on chromosome 5q, with the IL-13 gene particularly close to IL4.