CD1a, human (O10)

Clone O10 is well suited for labelling of CD1a in different tissues. It is used for the detection of Langerhans-Cells and dendritic cells in the skin and other tissues. Up to now CD1 has been identified as five different variants encoded by 5 different genes (they are designed as CD1a, b, c, d and e). CD1 is exprimed by cortical thymocytes, Langerhans cells in epithelia and dendric cells. Usually it doesn't occur in mature peripheral blood cells, but is exprimed intra-cytoplasmatically in activated T-cells. CD1a plays a role in the detection of graft versus host reaction, in the detection of interdigitating cells in artereosclerotic lesion and in asthmatic inflammation. Human CD1a, possible cross-reactivity with CD1b.