General Notes
Mouse anti Dog CD25, clone P4A10 recognizes the canine homologue of the human CD25 cell surface antigen, also known at IL-2Ra, a glycoprotein of approximately 55 kDa expressed primarily by activated T lymphocytes (Abrams et al. 2010). The IL-2 receptor is composed of 3 subunits, an a chain (CD25), a ß chain (CD122) and a ? chain (CD132), CD25 functions as a low affinity receptor for IL-2.Antibodies to CD4,Mouse anti Human CD25 antibody, clone ACT1, which has demonstrated cross reactivity to canine CD25 (Rissetto et al. 2010). However this clone has poor affinity for canine CD25. The development of clone P4A10 offers a specific monoclonal Mouse anti Canine CD25, demonstrating a greater affinity for canine CD25 than the cross reactive anti human antibody (Abrams et al. 2010).The dog is an important veterinary species in its own right. In addition dogs are used as an animal model in the study of a number of serious human disease states including various forms cancers (Paoloni et al. 2008), and in genetically related diseases of the hemopoietic system (Bauer Jr.et al. 2009).