Description: This MAb reacts with a wide variety of simple epithelia. It does not react with stratified squamous epithelia. It reacts with epithelial tumors of the gastrointestinal tract, lung, breast, pancreas, ovary, and thyroid. Cytokeratin 18, which belongs to the type A (acidic) subfamily of low molecular weight keratins, exists in combination with cytokeratin 8. It was reported that tissues from gastrointestinal tract are positive for both cytokeratin 8 and 18 but do not contain cytokeratin 14. Tissues from gastrointestinal tract, respiratory tract and urogenital tract, as well as endocrine and exocrine tissues and mesothelial cells are positive for cytokeratin 18.Primary antibodies are available purified, or with a selection of fluorescent CF® Dyes and other labels. CF® Dyes offer exceptional brightness and photostability. Note: Conjugates of blue fluorescent dyes like CF®405S and CF®405M are not recommended for detecting low abundance targets, because blue dyes have lower fluorescence and can give higher non-specific background than other dye colors.
Product Origin: Animal - Mus musculus (mouse), BSA from bovine serum (Bos taurus) or recombinant BSA produced in Chinese hamster ovary cells.
Conjugate: Purified, with BSA
Concentration: 0.2 mg/mL
Storage buffer: PBS, 0.05% BSA, 0.05% azide
Clone: KRT18/1190
Immunogen: Recombinant human KRT18 protein
Antibody Reactivity: Cytokeratin 18
Entrez Gene ID: 3875
Z-Antibody Applications: IF (verified)/IHC, FFPE (verified)/WB (verified)
Verified AB Applications: IF (verified)/IHC (FFPE) (verified)/WB (verified)
Antibody Application Notes: Higher concentration may be required for direct detection using primary antibody conjugates than for indirect detection with secondary antibody/Immunofluorescence: 1-2 ug/mL/Immunohistology formalin-fixed 0.5-1 ug/mL/Staining of formalin-fixed tissues requires boiling tissue sections in 10 mM citrate buffer, pH 6.0, for 10-20 min followed by cooling at RT for 20 minutes/Flow Cytometry 0.5-1 ug/million cells/0.1 mL/Optimal dilution for a specific application should be determined by user