Anti-ICOS Antibody Picoband®

Inducible T-cell costimulator is an immune checkpoint protein that in humans is encoded by the ICOS gene. The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the CD28 and CTLA-4 cell-surface receptor family. It forms homodimers and plays an important role in cell-cell signaling, immune responses, and regulation of cell proliferation.

Inducible T-cell costimulator; Activation-inducible lymphocyte immunomediatory molecule; CD28 and CTLA-4-like protein; CCLP; CD28-related protein 1; CRP-1; CD278; Icos; Ailim

Expressed on activated T-cells and resting memory T-cells. High expression seen in the thymic medulla and in the germinal centers and T-cell zones of lymph nodes and Peyer patches. Expressed at low levels in the spleen.

Enhances all basic T-cell responses to a foreign antigen, namely proliferation, secretion of lymphokines, up- regulation of molecules that mediate cell-cell interaction, and effective help for antibody secretion by B-cells. Essential both for efficient interaction between T and B-cells and for normal antibody responses to T-cell dependent antigens. Does not up- regulate the production of interleukin-2, but superinduces the synthesis of interleukin-10. Prevents the apoptosis of pre- activated T-cells. Plays a critical role in CD40-mediated class switching of immunoglobin isotypes (By similarity) .

1. Hutloff A, Dittrich AM, Beier KC, Eljaschewitsch B, Kraft R, Anagnostopoulos I, Kroczek RA (Jan 1999) . ICOS is an inducible T-cell co-stimulator structurally and functionally related to CD28. Nature. 397 (6716) : 263–6. 2. Rudd CE, Schneider H (Jul 2003) . Unifying concepts in CD28, ICOS and CTLA4 co-receptor signalling. Nature Reviews. Immunology. 3 (7) : 544–56.

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.