Anti-Semaphorin 3A/SEMA3A Antibody Picoband®

SEMA3A is also known as COLL1, SEMA1 or SEMAL. This gene is a member of the semaphorin family and encodes a protein with an Ig-like C2-type (immunoglobulin-like) domain, a PSI domain and a Sema domain. This secreted protein can function as either a chemorepulsive agent, inhibiting axonal outgrowth, or as a chemoattractive agent, stimulating the growth of apical dendrites. In both cases, the protein is vital for normal neuronal pattern development. Increased expression of this protein is associated with schizophrenia and is seen in a variety of human tumor cell lines. Also, aberrant release of this protein is associated with the progression of Alzheimer's disease.

Axonal Guidance Proteins, Cardiogenesis, Cardiovascular, Growth and Development, Hypertrophy, Neurology Process, Neuroscience, Transcription Factors/Regulators

Involved in the development of the olfactory system and in neuronal control of puberty. Induces the collapse and paralysis of neuronal growth cones. Could serve as a ligand that guides specific growth cones by a motility-inhibiting mechanism. Binds to the complex neuropilin-1/plexin-1.

1. Nakano Y, et al. A nonsynonymous polymorphism in semaphorin 3A as a risk factor for human unexplained cardiac arrest with documented ventricular fibrillation. PLoS Genet, 2013 Apr. 2. Takagawa S, et al. Decreased semaphorin3A expression correlates with disease activity and histological features of rheumatoid arthritis. BMC Musculoskelet Disord, 2013 Jan 23. 3. Vadasz Z, et al. The role of B regulatory cells and Semaphorin3A in atopic diseases. Int Arch Allergy Immunol, 2014.

Store at -20°C for one year from date of receipt. After reconstitution, at 4°C for one month. It can also be aliquotted and stored frozen at -20°C for six months. Avoid repeated freeze-thaw cycles.