MOUSE ANTI HUMAN C3d

Store at 4 °C or at -20 °C if preferred. Storage in frost-free freezers is not recommended. This product should be stored undiluted. Avoid repeated freezing and thawing as this may denature the antibody. Should this product contain a precipitate we recommend microcentrifugation before use.<br>Shelf Life: 18 months from date of despatch.

This item is specific for human complement component 3d (C3d) neoantigen, a 33kDa polypeptide fragment generated over the course of complement activation in which where complement 3 (C3) convertases cleave C3 to C3b, which is further degraded into iC3b and C3dg/C3d. <br> <br>C3d is involved in the regulation of many aspects of the immune response, including antigen processing and presentation. The C3d/antigen complex mediates B cell activation by simultaneously binding antigen-specific surface bound immunoglobulin and CD21, lowering the complement activation threshold. C3 is crucial in the induction of tolerance generated when an antigen is introduced into immunoprivileged sites and this is exploited by pathogens and cancer cells to evade the immune system by inhibiting complement activation.

[complement C3; Complement C3; complement C3; C3 and PZP-like alpha-2-macroglobulin domain-containing protein 1; C3a anaphylatoxin; acylation-stimulating protein cleavage product; complement component C3; complement component C3a; complement component C3b; epididymis secretory sperm binding protein Li 62p; prepro-C3; complement component 3; C3 and PZP-like alpha-2-macroglobulin domain-containing protein 1Cleaved into the following 12 chains:Complement C3 beta chain; C3-beta-c; C3bc; Complement C3 alpha chain; C3a anaphylatoxin; Acylation stimulating protein; ASPAlternative name(s):C3adesArg]