Description
Product Usage Information
Immunofluorescence (Immunocytochemistry): 1:200 - 1:400
Flow Cytometry (Fixed/Permeabilized): 1:50 - 1:200
Flow Cytometry (Live): 1:50 - 1:200
Storage
Supplied in PBS (pH 7.2), less than 0.1% sodium azide and 2 mg/ml BSA. Store at 4°C. Do not aliquot the antibody. Protect from light. Do not freeze.
Protocol
Available protocols: Immunofluorescence (Immunocytochemistry), Flow Cytometry (Fixed/Permeabilized), Flow Cytometry (Live)
Specificity / Sensitivity
EpCAM (VU1D9) Mouse Monoclonal Antibody (Alexa Fluor
Species Reactivity: Human
Source / Purification
Monoclonal antibody is produced by immunizing animals with NCI-H69 small cell lung carcinoma cells.
Background
Epithelial cell adhesion and activating molecule (EpCAM/CD326) is a transmembrane glycoprotein that mediates Ca -independent, homophilic adhesions on the basolateral surface of most epithelial cells. EpCAM is not expressed in adult squamous epithelium, but it is highly expressed in adeno and squamous cell carcinomas (1). Research studies identified EpCAM as one of the first tumor-associated antigens, and it has long been a marker of epithelial and tumor tissue. Investigators have shown that EpCAM is highly expressed in cancer cells (reviewed in 2,3).
Alternate Names
ACSTD1; Adenocarcinoma-associated antigen; carcinoma-associated antigen GA733-2; CD326; Cell surface glycoprotein Trop-1; CO-17A; CO17-1A; DIAR5; EGP; EGP-2; EGP314; EGP34; EGP40; Ep-CAM; EPCAM; Epithelial cell adhesion molecule; Epithelial cell surface antigen; Epithelial glycoprotein; Epithelial glycoprotein 314; ESA; GA733-2; hEGP-2; hEGP314; HNPCC8; human epithelial glycoprotein-2; KS 1/4 antigen; KS1/4; KSA; M1S2; M4S1; Major gastrointestinal tumor-associated protein GA733-2; membrane component, chromosome 4, surface marker (35kD glycoprotein); MIC18; MK-1; TACST-1; TACSTD1; TROP1; trophoblast cell surface antigen 1; Tumor-associated calcium signal transducer 1
