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HPA012696

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Anti-ITGA6 antibody produced in rabbit

enhanced validation

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

Synonym(s):

Anti-CD49f antigen, Anti-Integrin alpha-6 precursor, Anti-VLA-6

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About This Item

UNSPSC Code:
12352203
Human Protein Atlas Number:
NACRES:
NA.43

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

rat, human

enhanced validation

orthogonal RNAseq
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technique(s)

immunoblotting: 0.04-0.4 μg/mL
immunohistochemistry: 1:200-1:500

immunogen sequence

APYDDLGKVFIYHGSANGINTKPTQVLKGISPYFGYSIAGNMDLDRNSYPDVAVGSLSDSVTIFRSRPVINIQKTITVTPNRIDLRQKTACGAPSGICLQVKSCFEYTANPAGYNPSISIVGTLEAEKERRKSGLSS

UniProt accession no.

shipped in

wet ice

storage temp.

−20°C

target post-translational modification

unmodified

Gene Information

human ... ITGA6(3655)

General description

Integrin α-6 (ITGA6) belongs to the integrin superfamily and is expressed in epithelial cells. The gene encoding it is present on chromosome 2q. ITGA6 contains a common β1 chain and many α chains.

Immunogen

Integrin alpha-6 precursor recombinant protein epitope signature tag (PrEST)

Application

Anti-ITGA6 antibody produced in rabbit, a Prestige Antibody, is developed and validated by the Human Protein Atlas (HPA) project . Each antibody is tested by immunohistochemistry at a dilution of 1:10against hundreds of normal and disease tissues. These images can be viewed on the Human Protein Atlas (HPA) site by clicking on the Image Gallery link. The antibodies are also tested using immunofluorescence and western blotting. To view these protocols and other useful information about Prestige Antibodies and the HPA, visit sigma.com/prestige.
Applications in which this antibody has been used successfully, and the associated peer-reviewed papers, are given below.
Immunohistochemistry (1 paper)

Biochem/physiol Actions

Integrin α-6 (ITGA6) acts a receptor for laminin on platelets and epithelial cells. It has a very important role in the structural aspects of hemidesmosomes. ITGA6 has a role in neutrophil infiltration and its expression causes the granule contents to be released from neutrophils. These activated neutrophils used their up-regulated ITGA6 to cross fibroblasts. Mutation in this gene leads to pyloric atresia-junctional epidermolysis bullosa syndrome (PA-JEB).

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 APREST70074

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

Personal Protective Equipment

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Integrin alpha 6/beta 4 complex is located in hemidesmosomes, suggesting a major role in epidermal cell-basement membrane adhesion.
Sonnenberg A, et al.
The Journal of Cell Biology, 113(4), 907-917 (1991)
Expression of VLA-alpha 2, VLA-alpha 6, and VLA-beta 1 chains in normal mucosa and adenomas of the colon, and in colon carcinomas and their liver metastases.
Koretz K, et al.
The American Journal of Pathology, 138(3), 741-750 (1991)
Pyloric atresia-junctional epidermolysis bullosa syndrome showing novel 594insC/Q425P mutations in integrin beta4 gene (ITGB4).
Masunaga T, et al.
Experimental Dermatology, 13(1), 61-64 (2004)
Slavomir Krajnak et al.
Archives of gynecology and obstetrics, 305(5), 1291-1298 (2021-10-25)
Integrins may be involved in the metastatic spread of high-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC) which determines the therapeutical approach and prognosis. We investigated the integrin expression in primary tumor and metastases of advanced HGSOC. The expression of integrin α2, α4
Kumar Sukhdeo et al.
PloS one, 8(1), e53015-e53015 (2013-01-12)
Colon cancer is a deadly disease affecting millions of people worldwide. Current treatment challenges include management of disease burden as well as improvements in detection and targeting of tumor cells. To identify disease state-specific surface antigen signatures, we combined fluorescent

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