Anti-TAFA1 antibodies are used in the immunodetection of the protein TAFA chemokine like family member 1. In humans, the canonical protein has a reported length of 133 amino acid residues and a mass of 14.9 kDa. It has been described to be a secreted protein. It is reported to have brain-specific expression. A member of the TAFA protein family, TAFA1 is reported to be a regulatory factor, which is ligand for CMKLR2 and is involved in the modulation of neural stem-cell proliferation and differentiation.
The TAFA1 marker can be used to identify Midbrain Splatter Neurons.* Synonyms for this target antigen include family with sequence similarity 19 (chemokine (C-C motif)-like), member A1, family with sequence similarity 19 member A1, C-C motif chemokine like, protein FAM19A1, and chemokine-like protein TAFA-1. TAFA1 gene orthologs have been reported in the mouse, rat, bovine, frog, zebrafish, chimpanzee and chicken species. Some TAFA1 antibodies may have been used in research and have associated citations. Western Blot is a widely used application for these antibodies. In addition, ELISA is also a common application.
*HuBMAP Human Reference Atlas v1.4