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Mammaglobin A Recombinant Rabbit Monoclonal Antibody (31-A5)
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Product Details
Z2009RS
Product Specifications
Species Reactivity
Human
Host/Isotype
Rabbit
/ IgG
Expression System
CHO cells
Class
Recombinant Monoclonal
Type
Antibody
Clone
31-A5
Immunogen
Recombinant full-length protein
Conjugate
Form
Liquid
Concentration
100 µg/mL
Purification
Protein A
Storage buffer
tris with BSA, NP-40
Contains
<0.1% sodium azide
Storage conditions
4°C
Shipping conditions
Ambient (domestic); Wet ice (international)
Product Specific Information
A recommended positive control tissue for this product is Breast carcinoma, however positive controls are not limited to this tissue type.
The primary antibody is intended for laboratory professional use in the detection of the corresponding protein in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue stained in manual qualitative immunohistochemistry (IHC) testing. This antibody is intended to be used after the primary diagnosis of tumor has been made by conventional histopathology using non-immunological histochemical stains.
In normal breast tissue, 31A5 labels breast ductal and lobular epithelial cells. In tumor cells, it is reactive with all types of breast adenocarcinoma regardless tumor differentiation and types. Adenocarcinomas from other organs rarely express mammaglobin. Mammaglobin is a breast-associated glycoprotein distantly related to secretoglobin family that includes human uteroglobin and lipophilin Unlike other secretoglobin family members, mammaglobin mRNA expression is breast specific, which has been shown to be a very sensitive marker of occult breast cancer cells in sentinel lymph nodes and peripheral blood. By paraffin immunohistochemistry, the overall sensitivity of mammaglobin for breast cancers was reported about 80%. When combined with other breast-restricted markers such as GCDFP-15, an overall sensitivity of 84% could be achieved. Mammaglobin can play a contributing role in the identification of primary sites of carcinomas presenting at metastatic sites.
Antibody is used with formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded sections. Pretreatment of deparaffinized tissue with heat-induced epitope retrieval or enzymatic retrieval is recommended. In general, immunohistochemical (IHC) staining techniques allow for the visualization of antigens via the sequential application of a specific antibody to the antigen (primary antibody), a secondary antibody to the primary antibody (link antibody), an enzyme complex and a chromogenic substrate with interposed washing steps. The enzymatic activation of the chromogen results in a visible reaction product at the antigen site. Results are interpreted using a light microscope and aid in the differential diagnosis of pathophysiological processes, which may or may not be associated with a particular antigen.
A positive tissue control must be run with every staining procedure performed. This tissue may contain both positive and negative staining cells or tissue components and serve as both the positive and negative control tissue. External Positive control materials should be fresh autopsy/biopsy/surgical specimens fixed, processed and embedded as soon as possible in the same manner as the patient sample (s). Positive tissue controls are indicative of correctly prepared tissues and proper staining methods. The tissues used for the external positive control materials should be selected from the patient specimens with well-characterized low levels of the positive target activity that gives weak positive staining. The low level of positivity for external positive controls is designed to ensure detection of subtle changes in the primary antibody sensitivity from instability or problems with the staining methodology. A tissue with weak positive staining is more suitable for optimal quality control and for detecting minor levels of reagent degradation.
Internal or external negative control tissue may be used depending on the guidelines and policies that govern the organization to which the end user belongs to. The variety of cell types present in many tissue sections offers internal negative control sites, but this should be verified by the user. The components that do not stain should demonstrate the absence of specific staining, and provide an indication of non-specific background staining. If specific staining occurs in the negative tissue control sites, results with the patient specimens must be considered invalid.
Target Information
Mammaglobin is a gene that is expressed almost exclusively in the normal breast epithelium and human breast cancer. It is a member of the secretoglobin gene family and forms a heterodimer with lipophilin B. It has been suggested that mammaglobin may be a useful marker for breast cancer clinical research. Studies investigating the detection of mRNA by RT PCR from circulating carcinoma cells in the peripheral blood of breast cancer patients have shown that mammaglobin is a highly specific marker and correlates with several prognostic factors, such as lymph node involvement.
For Research Use Only. Not for use in diagnostic procedures. Not for resale without express authorization.
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Bioinformatics
Protein Aliases: HGNC:7050; mammaglobin 1; mammaglobin A; Mammaglobin-1; Mammaglobin-A; MGC71974; prostatein; Secretoglobin family 2A member 2; secretoglobin, family 2A, member 2
Gene Aliases: MGB1; SCGB2A2; UGB2
UniProt ID: (Human) Q13296
Entrez Gene ID: (Human) 4250
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