Anti-WNT4 Antibody Picoband®

Wingless-type MMIV integration site family, member4, is a secreted protein that in humans is encoded by the Wnt4 gene. By fluorescence in situ hybridization, WNT4 gene was mapped to chromosome 1p35, a location consistent with the results of radiation hybrid mapping. The WNT gene family consists of structurally related genes that encode secreted signaling proteins. These proteins have been implicated in oncogenesis and in several developmental processes, including regulation of cell fate and embryogenesis.

Adapters, Cancer, Developmental Biology, Oncoproteins/Suppressors, Organogenesis, Reproduction, Secreted, Signal Transduction, Signaling Pathways, Stem Cells, Transmembrane, Tumor Suppressors

Ligand for members of the frizzled family of seven transmembrane receptors (Probable) . Plays an important role in the embryonic development of the urogenital tract and the lung. Required for normal mesenchyme to epithelium transition during embryonic kidney development. Required for the formation of early epithelial renal vesicles during kidney development. Required for normal formation of the Mullerian duct in females, and normal levels of oocytes in the ovaries. Required for normal down-regulation of 3 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase in the ovary. Required for normal lung development and for normal patterning of trachael cartilage rings

1. Biason-Lauber, A., De Filippo, G., Konrad, D., Scarano, G., Nazzaro, A., Schoenle, E. J. WNT4 deficiency--a clinical phenotype distinct from the classic Mayer-Rokitansky-Kuster-Hauser syndrome: a case report. Hum. Reprod. 22: 224-229, 2007. 2. Biason-Lauber, A., Konrad, D., Navratil, F., Schoenle, E. J. A WNT4 mutation associated with mullerian-duct regression and virilization in a 46, XX woman. New Eng. J. Med. 351: 792-798, 2004. 3. Garnis, C., Campbell, J., Davies, J. J., MacAulay, C., Lam, S., Lam, W. L. Involvement of multiple developmental genes on chromosome 1p in lung tumorigenesis. Hum. Molec. Genet. 14: 475-482, 2005.

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.