Conservation of Oncofetal Antigens on Human Embryonic Stem Cells Enables Discovery of Monoclonal Antibodies against Cancer. Tan HL, Yong C, Tan BZ, Fong WJ, Padmanabhan J, Chin A, Ding V, Lau A, Zheng L, Bi X, Yang Y, & Choo A. (2018). Scientific Reports, 8 (1):11608. This study used both Hum-ZAP (Cat. #IT-22) and Streptavidin-ZAP (Cat. #IT-27) […]

Screening Aptamers as Targeting Agents to deliver Payloads. Aptamers are small, synthetic, single-stranded nucleic acids that fold into unique secondary structures. Unlike peptides and monoclonal antibodies, they are essentially non-immunogenic even when administered in excess amounts. The publications below explain how biotinylated aptamers combined with Streptavidin-conjugated saporin (Streptavidin-ZAP) can be used to screen aptamers for […]

Antibodies you can rely on. The authors investigated the interactions of pro-survival and pro-apoptotic receptors in Programmed Cell Death (PCD) using the sympathetic nervous system as a model. They demonstrate that Ret, a receptor tyrosine kinase required for the survival of many neuronal populations, is restricted to a subset of degenerating neurons that rapidly undergo […]

Selective ablation of striatal striosomes produces the deregulation of dopamine nigrostriatal pathway. Objective:  To increase knowledge in the role of the striosomal projection onto the dopamine neurons of the SNc and its impact on the nigrostriatal dopamine pathway. Summary:  Results highlight the key function of the striosomes for maintenance of the striatal dopamine tone and […]

Orexin-B-SAP (Cat. #IT-20): a tool for eliminating cells that express the orexin-2 receptor; targeted via orexin-B peptide, eliminated via saporin. Orexinergic Neurons Are Involved in the Chemosensory Control of Breathing During the Dark Phase in a Parkinson’s Disease Model. Oliveira LM, Falquetto B, Moreira TS, & Takakura AC (2018) Exper Neurol, 309:107-118. Objective:  To determine […]