产品标准

 浓缩液(1mg/1ml) 亲和纯化抗体

产品应用

WB=1:100-500 Elisa =1:200-1000 IP=1:20-100 IHC=1:100-500    （石蜡切片需做抗原修复）

产品介绍

    肿瘤生物标志Tumor biomarkers

    MUC4 (Mucin 4) is a high molecular weight transmembrane mucin that is overexpressed in many carcinomas and is a risk factor associated with a poor prognosis. MUC4 has been found to be a heterodimeric glycoprotein complex that consists of ASGP-1 (ascites sialoglycoprotein-1), an O-glycosylated mucin subunit, and ASGP-2, an N-glycosylated transmembrane subunit. ASGP-1 and ASGP-2 is a multifunctional glycoprotein complex. ASGP-1, through its O-glycosylation of the tandem repeat domain, provides anti-recognition and anti-adhesive properties to tumor cells. This property is involved in reducing the killing of tumor cells by natural killer cells and it is also important in high metastatic capacity of tumor cells. ASGP-2 has two epidermal growth factor-like domains. ASGP-2 appears to be able to bind and modulate ErbB2 receptor phosphorylation, which allows rapid growth of tumor cells. Sialomucin complex (SMC, rat homologue of human MUC4) expression is found in normal secretory epithelial tissues in the adult rat, where the protein has multiple regulatory mechanisms (Carraway, K.L. et al 1999). SMC is found in normal virgin mammary gland, elevated in the lactating gland, and further amplified in rat mammary adenocarcinoma. Transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-ß) inhibits SMC expression. Abnormal expression of MUC4/SMC is found in several human epithelial tumors such as, breast, lung, cervix, and pancreas carcinomas. Unregulated MUC4 may promote tumor metastasis, which suggests that it has an important role in human tumor biology. For example, several studies indicate that the cytoplasmic tail of the transmembrane mucin is involved in cell-signalling events such as Sos-ras pathway, beta-catenin, and ErbB2 signalling pathway.

    The major constituents of mucus, the viscous secretion that covers epithelial surfaces such as those in the trachea, colon, and cervix, are highly glycosylated proteins called mucins. These glycoproteins play important roles in the protection of the epithelial cells and have been implicated in epithelial renewal and differentiation. This gene encodes an integral membrane glycoprotein found on the cell surface, although secreted isoforms may exist. At least two dozen transcript variants of this gene have been found, although for many of them the full-length transcript has not been determined or they are found only in tumor tissues. This gene contains a region in the coding sequence which has a variable number (>100) of 48 nt tandem repeats.
    mol wt:239/595kDa
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