MyBioSource.com's Carcinoembryonic Antigen (CEA)Antibody monoclonal antibody. The Carcinoembryonic Antigen (CEA)Antibody was generated using CEA cell adhesion molecule 5, and CEACAM5 as the antigen. It reacts with Human. This antibody has been shown to work in applications such as: Immunohistochemistry.
Description
CEA is synthesised during development in the fetal gut, and is re-expressed in increased amounts in intestinal carcinomas and several other tumors. Antibodies to CEA are useful in identifying the origin of various metastatic adenocarcinomas and in distinguishing pulmonary adenocarcinomas (60 to 70% are CEA+) from pleural mesotheliomas (rarely or weakly CEA+)