General Notes
Mouse anti Human aggrecan antibody, clone 7E1 recognizes human aggrecan, a proteoglycan and member of the aggrecan/versican proteoglycan family, which forms a major component of the extracellular matrix (ECM) of both cartilage and the central nervous system (CNS).A panel of core protein-directed antibodies against human aggrecan, revealed the distribution of different aggrecan isoforms within the CNS, and sub-divided the isoforms into clusters 1-5 accordingly. There is a difference in the relative abundance of these isoforms when comparing brain and cartilage tissues (Virgintino et al. 2009). Mouse anti Human aggrecan antibody, clone 7E1 recognizes a ~205 kDa trypsin derived fragment of aggrecan.Note: Originally described as being of the isotype IgM, clone 7E1 was found to be unstable and was re-cloned by the originator and the new stable sub-clone was confirmed as being an IgG1.