Antibody

Tau (AT8)

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Clonality: monoclonal
Host: Mouse
Isotype: IgG1κ
Source: References:
Clinton, 2010
Gijselinck, 2010
Leinonen, 2008
Brouwers, 2007
Rockenstein, 2007
Khurana, 2006
Tanemura, 2006

Formulation: liquid, PBS, sterile filtered, affinity purified
Reactivity:
Reacts in: Human

Immunogen/Epitope

partially purified human tau, aa. around phosphorylated Serine 202

Specificity

Recognizes phosphorylated paired helical filament tau. Recognises tau protein phosphorylated at both serine 202 and threonine 205. No cross-reactivity with unphoshorylated tau.

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References

Paper Citations

  1. Clinton LK, Blurton-Jones M, Myczek K, Trojanowski JQ, Laferla FM. Synergistic Interactions between Abeta, tau, and alpha-synuclein: acceleration of neuropathology and cognitive decline. J Neurosci. 2010 May 26;30(21):7281-9. PubMed.
  2. Gijselinck I, Engelborghs S, Maes G, Cuijt I, Peeters K, Mattheijssens M, Joris G, Cras P, Martin JJ, De Deyn PP, Kumar-Singh S, Van Broeckhoven C, Cruts M. Identification of 2 Loci at chromosomes 9 and 14 in a multiplex family with frontotemporal lobar degeneration and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Arch Neurol. 2010 May;67(5):606-16. PubMed.
  3. Leinonen V, Alafuzoff I, Aalto S, Suotunen T, Savolainen S, Någren K, Tapiola T, Pirttilä T, Rinne J, Jääskeläinen JE, Soininen H, Rinne JO. Assessment of beta-amyloid in a frontal cortical brain biopsy specimen and by positron emission tomography with carbon 11-labeled Pittsburgh Compound B. Arch Neurol. 2008 Oct;65(10):1304-9. PubMed.
  4. Brouwers N, Nuytemans K, van der Zee J, Gijselinck I, Engelborghs S, Theuns J, Kumar-Singh S, Pickut BA, Pals P, Dermaut B, Bogaerts V, De Pooter T, Serneels S, Van den Broeck M, Cuijt I, Mattheijssens M, Peeters K, Sciot R, Martin JJ, Cras P, Santens P, Vandenberghe R, De Deyn PP, Cruts M, Van Broeckhoven C, Sleegers K. Alzheimer and Parkinson diagnoses in progranulin null mutation carriers in an extended founder family. Arch Neurol. 2007 Oct;64(10):1436-46. PubMed.
  5. Rockenstein E, Torrance M, Adame A, Mante M, Bar-On P, Rose JB, Crews L, Masliah E. Neuroprotective effects of regulators of the glycogen synthase kinase-3beta signaling pathway in a transgenic model of Alzheimer's disease are associated with reduced amyloid precursor protein phosphorylation. J Neurosci. 2007 Feb 21;27(8):1981-91. PubMed.
  6. Khurana V, Lu Y, Steinhilb ML, Oldham S, Shulman JM, Feany MB. TOR-mediated cell-cycle activation causes neurodegeneration in a Drosophila tauopathy model. Curr Biol. 2006 Feb 7;16(3):230-41. PubMed.
  7. Tanemura K, Chui DH, Fukuda T, Murayama M, Park JM, Akagi T, Tatebayashi Y, Miyasaka T, Kimura T, Hashikawa T, Nakano Y, Kudo T, Takeda M, Takashima A. Formation of tau inclusions in knock-in mice with familial Alzheimer disease (FAD) mutation of presenilin 1 (PS1). J Biol Chem. 2006 Feb 24;281(8):5037-41. PubMed.

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