CD11b Monoclonal Antibody (ICRF44), Biotin, eBioscience™, Invitrogen™

Description

• Description: The ICRF44 monoclonal antibody reacts with human CD11b, a 165 kDa adhesion molecule
• CD11b associated with integrin beta2 (CD18) is expressed on the surface of monocytes, granulocytes, activated lymphocytes and a subset of NK cells
• CD11b is a receptor for intercellular adhesion molecule family members CD54, CD102 and CD50 as well as for iC3b
• These adhesions are crucial in cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions
• Applications Reported: The ICRF44 antibody has been reported for use in flow cytometric analysis
• Applications Tested: The ICRF44 antibody has been tested by flow cytometric analysis of normal human peripheral blood cells
• 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
• Filtration: 0.2 μm post-manufacturing filtered
• CD11b (integrin alpha-M, ITGAM, integrin alpha-X, ITGAX) is a 165 kDa adhesion molecule that associates non-covalently with integrin beta-2 (CD18)
• The CD11b/CD18 heterodimeric complex is also known as integrin alpha-M beta-2, Mac-1, and CR3 (complement receptor 3)
• CD11b is expressed on the surface of monocytes/macrophages, granulocytes, activated lymphocytes, a subset of NK cells, a subset of dendritic cells, and microglia in the brain
• CD11b/CD18 functions as the receptor for ICAM-1 (CD54), ICAM-2 (CD102), ICAM-4 (CD242), CD14, CD50, CD23, heparin, iC3b, fibrinogen, and Factor X -these adhesions are critical for cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions
• CD11b is expressed on 8% of spleen cells, 44% of bone marrow cells, and less than 1% of thymocytes, and is commonly used as a microglial marker in nervous tissue
• The expression of CD11b increases during monocyte maturation and expression levels vary on tissue macrophages
• Further, peritoneal macrophages are reported to express higher levels of CD11b than splenic macrophages
• Diseases associated with CD11b dysfunction include systemic lupus erythematosus 6 and ITGAM-related susceptibility to systemic lupus erythematosus.