| Cat. No. 234 011 |
100 µg purified IgG, lyophilized. Albumin and azide were added for stabilization. For reconstitution add 100 µl H2O to get a 1mg/ml solution in PBS. Then aliquot and store at -20°C to -80°C until use. Antibodies should be stored at +4°C when still lyophilized. Do not freeze! |
| Applications | |
| Clone | 311H9H4 |
| Subtype | IgG2a (κ light chain) |
| Immunogen | Synthetic peptide corresponding to residues near the carboxy terminus of rat IBA1 (UniProt Id: P55009) |
| Reactivity |
Reacts with: mouse (Q9EQW9), rat (P55009), human (P55008), monkey. Other species not tested yet. |
| Matching control protein/peptide | 234-0P |
| Data sheet | 234_011.pdf |
Ionized calcium-binding adaptor molecule 1 (IBA1) or allograft inflammatory factor1 (AIF-1) is an EF hand calcium binding protein which is expressed by cells of the monocyte/macrophage lineage and by germ cells in the testis (1). In mice, IBA1/AIF-1 can be regarded a “pan-macrophage marker” because, except for alveolar macrophages, all subpopulations of macrophages express IBA1/AIF-1 (1). In human gliomas IBA1 defines a distinct subset of tumor-associated activated macrophages/microglial cells (2).
Microglia represent the resident macrophages in the nervous system and are the smallest of the glial cells with cell bodies of only 2-5 µm in diameter. In the CNS IBA1 upregulation is associated with neuroinflammatory response (3).