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HPA040465

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Anti-PLAC8 antibody produced in rabbit

Prestige Antibodies® Powered by Atlas Antibodies, affinity isolated antibody, buffered aqueous glycerol solution

Synonym(s):

Anti-C15, Anti-Onzin, Anti-Placenta-specific 8

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About This Item

UNSPSC Code:
12352203
Human Protein Atlas Number:
NACRES:
NA.41

biological source

rabbit

Quality Level

conjugate

unconjugated

antibody form

affinity isolated antibody

antibody product type

primary antibodies

clone

polyclonal

product line

Prestige Antibodies® Powered by Atlas Antibodies

form

buffered aqueous glycerol solution

species reactivity

human

technique(s)

immunoblotting: 0.04-0.4 μg/mL
immunohistochemistry: 1:1000-1:2500

immunogen sequence

MQAQAPVVVVTQPGVGPGPAPQNSNWQTGMCDCFSDCGVCLCGTFCFPCLGCQVAADMNECCLCGTSVAMRTLYRTRYGIPGSICDDYMATLCCPHCTLCQIKRDINRRRAMRTF

UniProt accession no.

shipped in

wet ice

storage temp.

−20°C

target post-translational modification

unmodified

Gene Information

human ... PLAC8(51316)

General description

Placenta specific 8 (PLAC8), also known as onzin, is encoded by the gene mapped to human chromosome 4q21.23. PLAC8 is a 12.5kDa, 112 amino acid protein characterized with a cysteine-rich domain.

Immunogen

placenta-specific 8 recombinant protein epitope signature tag (PrEST)

Application

Applications in which this antibody has been used successfully, and the associated peer-reviewed papers, are given below.
Western Blotting (1 paper) and is also used in immunohistochemical staining.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Placenta specific 8 (PLAC8) plays a vital role in the regulation of brown adipocyte differentiation and function. Decreased expression of PLAC8 enhances the activity of phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt/glycogen synthase kinase 3 β (GSK3β) and Wnt/β-catenin signaling pathway to stimulate hepatocellular carcinoma cell proliferation. PLAC8 is highly expressed ectopically in advanced preneoplastic lesions and invasive human pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC). Thus, it can be considered as a potential diagnostic and therapeutic target for pancreatic cancer.

Features and Benefits

Prestige Antibodies® are highly characterized and extensively validated antibodies with the added benefit of all available characterization data for each target being accessible via the Human Protein Atlas portal linked just below the product name at the top of this page. The uniqueness and low cross-reactivity of the Prestige Antibodies® to other proteins are due to a thorough selection of antigen regions, affinity purification, and stringent selection. Prestige antigen controls are available for every corresponding Prestige Antibody and can be found in the linkage section.

Every Prestige Antibody is tested in the following ways:
  • IHC tissue array of 44 normal human tissues and 20 of the most common cancer type tissues.
  • Protein array of 364 human recombinant protein fragments.

Linkage

Corresponding Antigen APREST70157

Physical form

Solution in phosphate buffered saline, pH 7.2, containing 40% glycerol and 0.02% sodium azide.

Legal Information

Prestige Antibodies is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Disclaimer

Unless otherwise stated in our catalog or other company documentation accompanying the product(s), our products are intended for research use only and are not to be used for any other purpose, which includes but is not limited to, unauthorized commercial uses, in vitro diagnostic uses, ex vivo or in vivo therapeutic uses or any type of consumption or application to humans or animals.

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Storage Class Code

10 - Combustible liquids

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable


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Lei Zou et al.
Biomedicine & pharmacotherapy = Biomedecine & pharmacotherapie, 84, 139-146 (2016-09-20)
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a common, prevalent malignancy. Its poor prognosis is mainly related to high rate of diagnosis in non-curable stages, in which patients are suitable for palliative treatment. Placenta-specific 8 (PLAC8), also known as Onzin, is a small
Carlos Galaviz-Hernandez et al.
Gene, 309(2), 81-89 (2003-05-22)
Microarray expression profiling of a collection of 15,000 mouse genes with placental and embryonic RNAs revealed candidates for placental-enriched genes, three of which we have confirmed and further characterized. One, Plac1, strongly expressed in all trophoblast-derived cells in the placenta
Emily K Blue et al.
Diabetes, 64(7), 2664-2675 (2015-02-28)
Intrauterine exposure to gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is linked to development of hypertension, obesity, and type 2 diabetes in children. Our previous studies determined that endothelial colony-forming cells (ECFCs) from neonates exposed to GDM exhibit impaired function. The current goals
Marina Tatura et al.
Neuroendocrinology, 110(1-2), 23-34 (2019-04-25)
Many aspects of the biology of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PanNETs), including determinants of proliferative, invasive, and metastatic potential, remain poorly understood. Placenta-specific 8 (PLAC8), a gene with unknown molecular function, has been reported to have tumor-promoting roles in different human
Brajesh P Kaistha et al.
Cancer research, 76(1), 96-107 (2015-12-17)
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) carries the most dismal prognosis of all solid tumors and is generally strongly resistant to currently available chemo- and/or radiotherapy regimens, including targeted molecular therapies. Therefore, unraveling the molecular mechanisms underlying the aggressive behavior of pancreatic

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