Anti-Thrombospondin 2/THBS2 Antibody Picoband®

Thrombospondin-2 (THBS2) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the THBS2 gene. The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the thrombospondin family. The THBS2 is mapped to 6q27 and it is located on chromosome 17. The gene was transcribed in fibroblasts, smooth muscle cells, and an osteosarcoma cell line. It functions as a protein inhibitor of tumor growth and angiogenesis and modulates the cell surface properties of mesenchymal cells and be involved in cell adhesion and migration.

A synthetic peptide corresponding to a sequence at the N-terminus of mouse Thrombospondin 2, which shares 86.6% amino acid (aa) sequence identity with human Thrombospondin 2.

Calcium Signaling, Calmodulin Pathway, Cardiovascular, Hypertrophy, Neuroscience, Neurotransmission, Protein Phosphorylation, Ser/Thr Kinases, Signal Transduction, Signaling Pathway

1. Hirose Y, Chiba K, Karasugi T, Nakajima M, Kawaguchi Y, Mikami Y, Furuichi T, Mio F, Miyake A, Miyamoto T, Ozaki K, Takahashi A, Mizuta H, Kubo T, Kimura T, Tanaka T, Toyama Y, Ikegawa S (May 2008) . A functional polymorphism in THBS2 that affects alternative splicing and MMP binding is associated with lumbar-disc herniation. Am J Hum Genet 82 (5) : 1122–9. 2. Hirose, Y., Chiba, K., Karasugi, T., Nakajima, M., Kawaguchi, Y., Mikami, Y., Furuichi, T., Mio, F., Miyake, A., Miyamoto, T., Ozaki, K., Takahashi, A., Mizuta, H., Kubo, T., Kimura, T., Tanaka, T., Toyama, Y., Ikegawa, S.A functional polymorphism in THBS2 that affects alternative splicing and MMP binding is associated with lumbar-disc herniation.Am. J. Hum. Genet.82: 1122-1129, 2008. 3. Entrez Gene: THBS2 thrombospondin 2.

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.