Anti-Mouse CD8a eFluor® 565NC (for IHC/ICC)

Description: The 53-6.7 monoclonal antibody reacts with the mouse CD8a molecule. CD8a is an approximately 32-34 kDa cell surface receptor expressed either as a heterodimer with the CD8 beta chain (CD8 alpha beta) or as a homodimer (CD8 alpha alpha). A majority of thymocytes and a subpopulation of mature alpha beta TCR T cells express CD8 alpha beta while gamma delta TCR T cells, a subpopulation of intestinal intraepithelial lymphocytes (IELs) and dendritic cells express CD8 alpha alpha. CD8 binds to MHC class I and through its association with protein tyrosine kinase p56lck plays a role in T cell development and activation of mature T cells.

References: Taylor JL, Ordway DJ, Troudt J, Gonzalez-Juarrero M, Basaraba RJ, Orme IM. Factors associated with severe granulomatous pneumonia in Mycobacterium tuberculosis-infected mice vaccinated therapeutically with hsp65 DNA. Infect Immun. 2005 Aug;73(8):5189-93. (53-6.7, IHC frozen)

Grabbe S, Varga G, Beissert S, Steinert M, Pendl G, Seeliger S, Bloch W, Peters T, Schwarz T, Sunderkötter C, Scharffetter-Kochanek K. Beta2 integrins are required for skin homing of primed T cells but not for priming naïve T cells. J Clin Invest. 2002 Jan;109(2):183-92. (53-6.7, IHC frozen)