General Notes
Mouse anti Pig CD45RC, clone 3a56 recognizes a restricted CD45 epitope encoded by the CD45 C exon and will detect the ~210 kDa RC isoform.CD45 in pigs has three cell surface expressed isoforms: CD45R, CD45RA, and CD45RC (Schnitzlein and Zuckermann 1998). CD45RC is mainly expressed by CD4+ T cells and weakly by B cells (Piriou-Guzylack and Salmon 2008). However, during the immune response expression of CD45RC was found to decrease in activated T-helper cells (Saalmuller et al. 2002). In contrast, increased expression of CD45RC was observed during the maturation of CD4- gamma delta thymocytes (Sinkora et al. 2005).