Anti-Mouse CD201 (EPCR) Functional Grade Purified

Description: The eBio1560 monoclonal antibody reacts with mouse Endothelial Protein C Receptor (EPCR, CD201), a 25 kDa Type 1 transmembrane protein expressed on endothelial cells. EPCR exhibits sequence and structural homology with the MHC class I/CD1 family of proteins. EPCR is a ligand for Protein C and plays an important role in augmenting Protein C activation by the thrombin-thrombomodulin complex and in regulating blood coagulation and inflammation. Deletion of EPCR results in embryonic lethality, at least partically due to placental thrombosis.

Recently, it was demonstrated that EPCR expression identified cells in the bone marrow that are capable of hematopoietic reconstitution activity comparable to hematopoietic stem cells isolated with conventional methods. The eBio1560 monoclonal antibody can be used for the detection of these hematopoietic stem cells, however the eBiomRCR-16 monoclonal antibody should only be used for the detection of CD201 on endothelial cells.

References: Balazs AB, Fabian AJ, Esmon CT, Mulligan RC. Endothelial protein C receptor (CD201) explicitly identifies hematopoietic stem cells in murine bone marrow.Blood. 2006 Mar 15;107(6):2317-21. Epub 2005 Nov 22. (1560, FC, FA, PubMed)

Fukudome K, Esmon CT. Molecular cloning and expression of murine and bovine endothelial cell protein C/activated protein C receptor (EPCR). The structural and functional conservation in human, bovine, and murine EPCR.J Biol Chem. 1995 Mar 10;270(10):5571-7.

Li W, Zheng X, Gu JM, Ferrell GL, Brady M, Esmon NL, Esmon CT. Extraembryonic expression of EPCR is essential for embryonic viability.Blood. 2005 Oct 15;106(8):2716-22.