MyBioSource.com's Anti-Pleiotrophin antibody is a Rabbit Polyclonal antibody. This antibody has been shown to work in applications such as: Immunohistochemistry, Immunohistochemistry - fixed, and Western Blot. The Anti-Pleiotrophin antibody was generated using HBBN, NEGF1, pleiotrophin, PTN, and X-PTF as the antigen and it reacts with Human, Mouse, and Rat.
Description
Description: Rabbit IgG polyclonal antibody for Pleiotrophin(PTN) detection. Tested with WB, IHC-P in Human, Mouse, Rat.
Background: Pleiotrophin(PTN) also known as heparin-binding brain mitogen(HBBM) or heparin-binding growth factor 8(HBGF-8) or neurite growth-promoting factor 1(NEGF1) or heparin affinity regulatory peptide(HARP) or heparin binding growth associated molecule(HB-GAM) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PTN gene. PTN is the first member of a family of developmentally regulated cytokines. The PTN gene is mapped to 7q33-q34. A mutant PTN that contained only the first N-terminal 40 amino acids was a dominant negative. Pleiotrophin is expressed in the central and peripheral nervous system and also in several non-neural tissues, notably lung, kidney, gut and bone. Pleiotrophin binds to cell-surface nucleolin as a low affinity receptor. This binding can inhibit HIV infection