Product Information

Contents: Affinity Purified anti-human Stat2 p113 polyclonal
Catalog Number: 14-6726
Formulation: 200 µg/ml of rabbit polyclonal IgG in PBS containing 0.1 % sodium azide and 0.2% gelatin.
Storage Conditions: Store at 4°C.
DO NOT FREEZE.
Clone: Polyclonal
Isotype: Rabbit IgG

Description

The polyclonal antibody reacts with human Stat2; the antibody was raised against a peptide mapping to the carboxy terminus of human Stat2 p113. Signal Transducers and Activators of Transcription (STATs) are a family of cytoplasmic proteins that participate in cellular responses to cytokines and growth factors (1). Many cytokines involved in immune responses utilize the Jak-STAT signaling pathway. Jaks are receptor-associated protein tyrosine kinases, and STATs are activated by tyrosine phosphorylation (2). Abnormal signaling of the JAK-STAT pathway has been implicated in hematopoietic disorders including severe combined immunodeficiency and leukemia (4). STATs have been implicated in programming gene expression in biological events such as embryonic development, programmed cell death, organogenesis, innate immunity, adaptive immunity and cell growth regulation in many organisms (3). STAT1 knockout mice are defective in interferon-mediated functions. STAT4 and STAT6 knockout mice show defective responses to IL-12 and IL-4, respectively. Analyses of STAT5a and STAT5b knockout mice reveal important roles in prolactin-mediated mammary gland development and growth hormone-mediated induction of sexual dimorphism, respectively. Conditional knockout study of STAT3 demonstrates its critical roles in cytokine-mediated functions in several tissues, including T cells, macrophages, skin, and mammary gland (5). STAT1 and STAT2 form a heterodimer which, in association with a DNA-binding adapter protein, p48/IFN regulatory factor-9 (IRF-9), is part of the ISGF3 transcription factor complex (6).

Applications Reported

For research use only, not for diagnostic or therapeutic use. Purified anti-human Stat2 p113 poly has been reported for use in immunoprecipitation, immunoblotting (WB), and immunohistochemical staining.

Applications Tested

Purified anti-human Stat2 p113 poly has been tested by immunoblotting (WB). (1:200 starting dilution). It is recommended that this antibody be titrated fro optimal performance in the assay of interest.

References

1. Turkson J, Jove STAT proteins: novel molecular targets for cancer drug discovery. Oncogene. 2000 Dec 27; 19(56): 6613-26.
2. Ivashkiv LB. Jak-STAT signaling pathways in cells of the immune system. Rev Immunogenet. 2000; 2(2): 220-30
3. Horvath CM. STAT proteins and transcriptional responses to extracellular signals. Trends Biochem Sci. 2000 Oct; 25(10): 496-502.
4. Nosaka T, Kitamura T. Janus kinases (JAKs) and signal transducers and activators of transcription (STATs) in hematopoietic cells. Int J Hematol. 2000 Jun; 71(4): 309-19.
5. Takeda K, Akira S. STAT family of transcription factors in cytokine-mediated biological responses. Cytokine Growth Factor Rev. 2000 Sep; 11(3): 199-207.
6. Ghislain JJ, Wong T, Nguyen M, Fish EN. The interferon-inducible stat2: stat1 heterodimer preferentially binds in vitro to a consensus element found in the promoters of a subset of interferon-stimulated genes. J Interferon Cytokine Res. 2001 Jun; 21(6): 379-88.

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