CST, 54669S, TIM-3 (D5D5R™) Rabbit Monoclonal Antibody (Alexa Fluor® 488 Conjugate)

Monoclonal Antibody for studying TIM-3. Validated for Flow Cytometry (Live). Highly specific and rigorously validated in-house, TIM-3 (D5D5R^™) Rabbit Monoclonal Antibody (Alexa Fluor^® 488 Conjugate) (CST #54669) is ready to ship. Product Usage Information Flow Cytometry (Live): 1:50 Storage Supplied in PBS (pH 7.2), less than 0.1% sodium azide and 2 mg/ml BSA. Store at 4°C. Do not aliquot the antibody. Protect from light. Do not freeze. Protocol Available protocols: Flow Cytometry (Live) Specificity / Sensitivity TIM-3 (D5D5R™) Rabbit Monoclonal Antibody (Alexa Fluor Species Reactivity: Human Source / Purification Monoclonal antibody is produced by immunizing animals with recombinant protein specific to the extracellular domain of human TIM-3 protein. Background T cell Ig- and mucin-domain-containing molecules (TIMs) are a family of transmembrane proteins expressed by various immune cells. TIM-3 is an inhibitory molecule that is induced following T cell activation (1-3 ). TIM-3 is expressed by exhausted T cells in the settings of chronic infection and cancer (4,5), and tumor-infiltrating T cells that coexpress PD-1 and TIM-3 exhibit the most severe exhausted phenotype (5). Tumor-infiltrating dendritic cells (DCs) also express TIM-3. TIM-3 expression on DCs was found to suppress innate immunity by reducing the immunogenicity of nucleic acids released by dying tumor cells (6). Research studies show that heterodimerization of TIM-3 with CEACAM-1 is critical for the inhibitory function of TIM-3, and co-blockade of TIM-3 and CEACAM-1 enhanced anti-tumor responses in a mouse model of colorectal cancer (7). In addition, blockade of TIM-3 in mouse models of autoimmunity enhanced the severity of disease (1). Finally, binding of Galectin-9 to TIM-3 expressed by Th1 cells induces T cell death (8). Alternate Names CD366; FLJ14428; HAVcr-2; HAVCR2; HAVR2; Hepatitis A virus cellular receptor 2; kidney injury molecule-3; KIM-3; SPTCL; T cell immunoglobulin mucin 3; T cell immunoglobulin mucin-3; T-cell immunoglobulin and mucin domain-containing protein 3; T-cell immunoglobulin mucin family member 3; T-cell immunoglobulin mucin receptor 3; T-cell membrane protein 3; TIM-3; TIM3; TIMD-3; TIMD3 Specification REACTIVITY: H SENSITIVITY: Endogenous Source/Isotype: Rabbit IgG