Anti-Mouse DLL1 (delta-like 1) Purified

Description: The HMD1-5 monoclonal antibody reacts with mouse Delta-like 1, one of five type I transmembrane proteins that serves as a Notch receptor ligand. Upon binding the Notch receptor (e.g. Notch 1-4), Delta-like 1 undergoes proteolytic cleavage, first by ADAM-family metalloproteases and then by γ-secretase. The second cleavage event releases an intracellular fragment whose biological function remains controversial. Delta-like 1 is expressed by thymic stromal cells, as well as on macrophages, dendritic cells, and stromal cells in the spleen. This protein is also expressed in nonhematopoietic tissues such as the lung and brain. Delta-like 1 has been linked to B cell development and differentiation, especially marginal zone and plasma cells, regulation of splenic dendritic cells, and leukemogenesis.

References: Sekine C, Moriyama Y, Koyanagi A, Koyama N, Ogata H, Okumura K, Yagita H. Differential regulation of splenic CD8- dendritic cells and marginal zone B cells by Notch ligands. Int Immunol. 2009 Jan 30. (HMD1-5, FC, Pubmed)

Moriyama Y, Sekine C, Koyanagi A, Koyama N, Ogata H, Chiba S, Hirose S, Okumura K, Yagita H. Delta-like 1 is essential for the maintenance of marginal zone B cells in normal mice but not in autoimmune mice. Int Immunol. 2008 Jun;20(6):763-73. (HMD1-5, FC, Pubmed)

Mohtashami M, Zúñiga-Pflücker JC. Three-dimensional architecture of the thymus is required to maintain delta-like expression necessary for inducing T cell development. J Immunol. 2006 Jan 15;176(2):730-4.

Hozumi K, Negishi N, Suzuki D, Abe N, Sotomaru Y, Tamaoki N, Mailhos C, Ish-Horowicz D, Habu S, Owen MJ. Delta-like 1 is necessary for the generation of marginal zone B cells but not T cells in vivo. Nat Immunol. 2004 Jun;5(6):638-44.