Anti-EYA4 Antibody Picoband®

This gene encodes a member of the eyes absent (EYA) family of proteins. The encoded protein may act as a transcriptional activator through its protein phosphatase activity, and it may be important for eye development, and for continued function of the mature organ of Corti. Mutations in this gene are associated with postlingual, progressive, autosomal dominant hearing loss at the deafness, autosomal dominant non-syndromic sensorineural 10 locus. The encoded protein is also a putative oncogene that mediates DNA repair, apoptosis, and innate immunity following DNA damage, cellular damage, and viral attack. Defects in this gene are also associated with dilated cardiomyopathy 1J. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms.

Angiogenesis, Cancer, Cardiovascular, Growth Factors, Growth Factors/Hormones, Invasion/Microenvironment, Neurogenesis, Neurology Process, Neuroscience, Signal Transduction

Growth factor for endothelial cells. VEGF-B167 binds heparin and neuropilin-1 whereas the binding to neuropilin-1 of VEGF-B186 is regulated by proteolysis.

1. Borsani, G., DeGrandi, A., Ballabio, A., Bulfone, A., Bernard, L., Banfi, S., Gattuso, C., Mariani, M., Dixon, M., Donnai, D., Metcalfe, K., Winter, R., Robertson, M., Axton, R., Brown, A., van Heyningen, V., Hanson, I. EYA4, a novel vertebrate gene related to Drosophila eyes absent. Hum. Molec. Genet. 8: 11-23, 1999. 2. Depreux, F. F. S., Darrow, K., Conner, D. A., Eavey, R. D., Liberman, M. C., Seidman, C. E., Seidman, J. G. Eya4-deficient mice are a model for heritable otitis media. J. Clin. Invest. 118: 651-658, 2008. 3. Hildebrand, M. S., Coman, D., Yang, T., Gardner, R. J. M., Rose, E., Smith, R. J. H., Bahlo, M., Dahl, H.-H. M. A novel splice site mutation in EYA4 causes DFNA10 hearing loss. Am. J. Med. Genet. 143A: 1599-1604, 2007. Note: Erratum: Am. J. Med. Genet. 146A: 1099 only, 2008.

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.