MyBioSource.com's Rabbit Anti-Vimentin Antibody is a Rabbit monoclonal antibody. The Rabbit Anti-Vimentin Antibody was generated using VIM, and Vimentin as the antigen. It reacts with Human, Mouse, Rat, Amoeba/Protozoa, Bacteria/Archaea, Bovine, C. elegans/Worm, Canine, Chicken/Bird, Donkey, Drosophila/Arthropod, Feline, Goat, Guinea Pig, Hamster, Horse, Mollusc, Non-Human Primate, Plant, Porcine, Reptile, Rabbit, Sheep, Virus, Xenopus/Amphibian, Yeast/Fungi, Zebrafish/Fish, Other Invertebrate, and Other Mammalian. This antibody has been shown to work in applications such as: Immunohistochemistry, and Immunohistochemistry - fixed.
Description
This MAb reacts with a 58kDa protein identified as vimentin. It shows no cross-reaction with other closely related intermediate filament proteins (IFP s) such as desmin, keratin, neurofilament, and glial fibrillary acid protein. Anti-vimentin alone is of limited value as a test tool; however, when used in panels with other antibodies, it is useful for the sub-classification of a given tumor. Expression of vimentin, when used in conjunction with anti-keratin, is helpful when distinguishing melanomas from undifferentiated carcinomas and large cell lymphomas. All melanomas and Schwannomas react strongly with anti-vimentin. It labels a variety of mesenchymal cells, including melanocytes, lymphocytes, endothelial cells, and fibroblasts. Non-reactivity of anti-vimentin is often considered more useful than its positive reactivity, since there are a few tumors that do not contain vimentin, e. g. hepatoma and seminoma. Anti-vimentin is also useful as a tissue process control reagent