Anti-MICA Reference Antibody (CLN-619)
Recombinant Antibody
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Application
| FC, E, FTA |
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Primary Accession | Q29983 |
Reactivity | Human, Mouse |
Clonality | Monoclonal |
Isotype | IgG1 |
Calculated MW | 146.06 KDa |
Target/Specificity | MICA |
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Endotoxin | < 0.001EU/ µg,determined by LAL method. |
Conjugation | Unconjugated |
Expression system | CHO Cell |
Format | Purified monoclonal antibody supplied in PBS, pH6.0, without preservative.This antibody is purified through a protein A column. |
Name | MICA {ECO:0000312|EMBL:CAI41907.1} |
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Function | Widely expressed membrane-bound protein which acts as a ligand to stimulate an activating receptor KLRK1/NKG2D, expressed on the surface of essentially all human natural killer (NK), gammadelta T and CD8 alphabeta T-cells (PubMed:11777960, PubMed:11491531). Up- regulated in stressed conditions, such as viral and bacterial infections or DNA damage response, serves as signal of cellular stress, and engagement of KLRK1/NKG2D by MICA triggers NK-cells resulting in a range of immune effector functions, such as cytotoxicity and cytokine production (PubMed:10426993). |
Cellular Location | Cell membrane; Single-pass type I membrane protein. Cytoplasm Note=Expressed on the cell surface in gastric epithelium, endothelial cells and fibroblasts and in the cytoplasm in keratinocytes and monocytes. Infection with human adenovirus 5 suppresses cell surface expression due to the adenoviral E3-19K protein which causes retention in the endoplasmic reticulum. |
Tissue Location | Widely expressed with the exception of the central nervous system where it is absent. Expressed predominantly in gastric epithelium and also in monocytes, keratinocytes, endothelial cells, fibroblasts and in the outer layer of Hassal's corpuscles within the medulla of normal thymus. In skin, expressed mainly in the keratin layers, basal cells, ducts and follicles. Also expressed in many, but not all, epithelial tumors of lung, breast, kidney, ovary, prostate and colon. In thyomas, overexpressed in cortical and medullar epithelial cells. Tumors expressing MICA display increased levels of gamma delta T-cells. |
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