Clone REAL1098 is an antibody fragment derived from the full CD106 (VCAM-1) antibody molecule. It displays no binding to Fc receptors. The recombinantly engineered antibody fragments are multimerized to form the REAlease Complex to bind markers with high avidity.
Clone REA1098 recognizes the mouse CD106 antigen, a 110 kDa single chain type I glycoprotein, also known as vascular cell adhesion protein 1 (VCAM-1). CD106 is expressed on bone marrow, stromal cells and inflamed vascular endothelium as well as on macrophage-like and dendritic cell types in both normal and inflamed tissue. Upregulation of CD106 in endothelial cells by inflammatory stimuli and cytokines occurs as a result of increased gene transcription. Primarily, CD106 is an endothelial ligand for very late antigen-4 (VLA-4) or integrin α-4/β-7 and mediates both adhesion and signal transduction. The interactions play a pathophysiologic role in leukocyte adhesion, transmigration, and co-stimulation of T cell proliferation.
The REAlease Kits consist of the respective fluorochrome-conjugated REAlease Complexes and the REAlease Support Kit for removal of the REAlease Complexes and optional relabeling with different fluorochrome-conjugated REAlease Complexes.
