General Description
Monoclonal Anti-Vimentin (mouse IgG1 isotype) is derived from the hybridoma produced by the fusion of mouse myeloma cells and splenocytes from immunized BALB/c mice. Vimentin is expressed in breast myoepithelial cells, osteocytes, Langerhans cells of the skin, Schwann cells and astrocytes.
Biochem/physiol Actions
Cy3 Monoclonal Anti-Vimentin reacts with normal and pathological tissue of mesenchymally-derived cells, lens tissue and various cultured cells. It localizes vimentin in fibroblasts, lipocytes, endothelial cells, some lymphoid cells, melanocytes, macrophages, and chondrocytes. The antibody stains tumors derived from these cells, including sarcomas, most lymphomas, melanomas and their metastatic lesions. Co-expression of vimentin with keratin was described in most carcinomas of certain sites (e.g., kidney and thyroid) and certain carcinomas of other sites (e.g., breast).
