Anti-Periostin, C-terminal

Specific for the ~93 kDa periostin doublet in mouse lung extract. Consistent with the fact that this antibody is made against an alternatively spliced region of periostin, this antibody recognizes only the largest two of the three forms of periostin recognized on Western blots by the Pan periostin antibody (Cat. # OAPC00053) and also shows a distinctive staining pattern by immunohistochemistry (data not shown). The antibody works well for immunohistochemistry on paraformaldehyde-fixed sections with a simple antigen-retrieval protocol (incubate slides for 20 minutes at 90 C in 10 mM sodium citrate (pH 6.0)/ 0.1 % Tween-20). Affinity purified

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SPECIFICATIONS

Size

100 ul

Applications

IHC, WB

Hosts

Rabbit

Reactivities

Hum, Mouse, Rat, Ch/Bird

Format

Affinity purified polyclonal antibody

Presku

OAPC00052

Target

Periostin is a matricellular protein, i.e. an extracellular matrix protein that interacts both with other ECM proteins and with cell-surface receptors. Like many other matricellular proteins, the function of periostin is important both in embryonic development and in the remodeling of adult tissues in response to pathological insults. Periostin was originally isolated as an osteoblast-specific marker that functions as a cell adhesion molecule for preosteoblasts and is thought to be involved in osteoblast recruitment, attachment and spreading (Kruzynska-Frejtag A. et al., 2004). Periostin has since been demonstrated to be important in heart valve development and myocardial infarction because it promotes collagen fibrogenesis, inhibits differentiation of progenitor cells into cardiomyocytes and is essential in maintaining the biomechanical properties of the adult myocardium (Norris et al., 2008).

Weight

~93kDa

Gene Id

50706