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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Res. 2008 Oct;64(4):326–333. doi: 10.1203/PDR.0b013e31818535e8

Table 1.

Antibodies used to study the avian ENS.

Antibody Cell type identified Specificity Species specificity Antibody subtype Source
8F3 Chicken cells unknown cytoplasmic antigen C mouse IgG1 DSHB
QCPN Quail cells unknown perinuclear epitope Q mouse IgG1 DSHB
HNK-1 Neural crest cells 3-sulphoglucuronosyl epitope C, Q mouse IgM NeoMarkers
Ret Neural crest cells Ret receptor C,Q Goat IgG Neuromics
Ret Neural crest cells Ret receptor C, Q rabbit polyclonal IBL, Japan
CSAT Neural crest cells β-1 integrin C, Q mouse IgG2b DSHB
GFAP (Z0334) Enteric glia glial fibrillary acidic protein C, Q rabbit polyclonal DAKO
Bfabp Enteric glia brain fatty acid binding protein C, Q rabbit polyclonal Dr. C. Birchmeier Ref (48)
TuJ1 (B1195) Neuron TuJ-1, class III β-tubulin C, Q mouse IgG2a R&D Systems
CN Neuron unknown C mouse IgG1 Dr. H. Tanaka Ref (50)
QN Neuron unknown Q mouse IgG1 Dr. H. Tanaka Ref (50)
8D9 Neuron L1-like CAM C mouse IgG1 DSHB
4H6 Neuron neurofilament C, Q mouse IgG DSHB
HuC/HuD (16A11) Neuron neuronal RNA-binding protein C, Q mouse IgG2b Molecular Probes Inc.
2F11 Neuron neurofilament C, Q mouse IgG1 NeoMarkers
5e Neuron N-CAM C mouse IgG1 DSHB
MEP-21 Endothelial cells thrombomucin C mouse IgG1 Dr. K. McNagny Ref (49)
QH1 Endothelial cells alpha-macroglobulin Q mouse IgG1 DSHB
1A4 Smooth muscle alpha-smooth muscle actin C, Q mouse IgG2a NeoMarkers
GIIC9 Smooth muscle gamma-smooth muscle actin C, Q mouse IgG1 Ref (51)

Abbr: DSHB, Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank; C, chicken; Q, quail