General Notes
Mouse anti Pig endothelial cells, clone MIL11 raised initially against an immunogen of plastic adherent lymphocytes has been shown to recognize a major subset of porcine endothelial cells. MIL11 was initially identified as staining a characteristic pattern of capillary endothelium in gut forming a network in the lamina propria below the epithelial membrane. Staining was subsequently observed in capillary endothelium in most organs examined, including gut, lung, kidney and skin. Clone MIL11 was observed not to stain endothelium of aorta and other arteries whereas venous endothelium was positive for MIL11 staining. Some population of venous endothelial cells however appear negative for MIL11 staining including those associated with the heart wall, kidney glomeruli and corpus cavernosum (Wilson et al.1996) .