General Notes
Mouse anti Pig granulocytes antibody, clone 2B2 recognizes porcine basophils, neutrophils and eosinophils, acting as a reliable tool for their analysis and isolation, without contamination from other cells.Analysis of porcine bone marrow and blood shows that the antigen recognized by clone 2B2 is selectively expressed on mature cells and that it is likely to be a labile conformational epitope. Use of clone 2B2 in conjunction with clone 6D10 product code (MCA2599GA), allows for the discrimination and characterization of different porcine granulocyte lineages and also their developmental stages: 6D10-2B2- early myeloid precursors, 6D10+2B2- immature neutrophils, 6D10+2B2+mature neutrophils and 6D10-2B2+ mature eosinophils and basophils. Clone 2B2 has been shown as suitable for use on cytospins (Pérez et al. 2007).