Great Secondary Antibody for Immunofluorescence

Medicine
Northwestern University
Graduate Student

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Company:

Life Technologies

Product Name:

Goat anti-rabbit alexa 488

Catalog Number:

A-11070

We study sinus disease in humans, and specifically we were looking at epithelial tight junction staining in ex vivo cultured epithelium.

Experimental Design and Results Summary

Applications

Immunofluorescence

Sample

Normal human bronchial epithelial cells

Primary Incubation

1h at RT

Blocking Agent

10% goat serum

Secondary Incubation

1:500 dilution, 1h at RT

Tertiary Incubation

NA

Detection

Immunofluorescence

Results Summary

This secondary antibody has always worked well for us with many different primary antibodies. The staining is always very bright and one vial lasts a long time.

Additional Notes

Reference: Oncostatin M promotes mucosal epithelial barrier dysfunction, and its expression is increased in patients with eosinophilic mucosal disease. Pothoven KL, Norton JE, Hulse KE, Suh LA, Carter RG, Rocci E, Harris KE, Shintani-Smith S, Conley DB, Chandra RK, Liu MC, Kato A, Gonsalves N, Grammer LC 3rd, Peters AT, Kern RC, Bryce PJ, Tan BK, Schleimer RP. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2015 Apr 1. pii: S0091-6749(15)00188-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2015.01.043. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 25840724

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Summary

The Good

Reliable antibody

The Bad

None

The Bottom Line

Use this secondary antibody

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