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. 2009 Aug 26;1(3):e00015. doi: 10.1042/AN20090008

Table 1. List of antibodies used in the present study.

Primary antibody Cells identified Immunogen Species Catalogue number/company Reference
GFAP Astrocytes(1:500) GFAP from bovine spinal cord Rabbit poly-IgG ZO334/Dako Single 50 kDa band on immunoblot (Jakovcevski et al., 2007)
GFAP Astrocytes(1:250) GFAP from porcine spinal cord Mouse mono-IgG MAB3402/Chemicon Single 51 kDa band on immunoblot (Debus et al., 1983)
Desmin Pericytes(1:50) Desmin protein isolated from chicken gizzard Rabbit poly-IgG AB907/Chemicon Single 53 kDa band on immunoblot (Corti et al., 2005)
Iba1 Microglia/ macrophages(1:250) Synthetic peptide fragment corresponding to amino acids 118–131 within the C-terminus of Iba1 (LRMILMYEEKNKEH-C) Rabbit poly-IgG # 019-19741; lot HNM3505/Wako Single 17 kDa band on immunoblot (Jakovcevski et al., 2007)
Map2 Neurons(1:200) Map2 from bovine brain Mouse mono-IgG M1406/Sigma Single 280 kDa band on immunoblot (Binder et al., 1986)
Aqp4 Perivascular astrocytic endfeet(1:100) Synthetic peptide fragment corresponding to amino acids 244–323 within the C-terminus of human Aqp4 (AGGLYEYVFCPDVEFKRRFKEAFSKAAQQTKGSYMEVEDNRSQVETDDLILKPGVVHVIDVDRGEEKKGKDQSGEVLSSV-C) Rabbit poly-IgG Aqp4 (H-80); sc-20812/Santa Cruz Biotechnology Single 32 kDa band on immunoblot (Quick and Cipolla, 2005)
PAI-1 Perivascular astrocytic endfeet(1:100) Secretion product of a dexamethasone-stimulated HTC rat hepatoma cell line Rabbit poly-IgG #1062/American Diagnostica Single 50 kDa band on immunoblot (Allaire et al., 1998)
IGFBP-3 Perivascular astrocytic endfeet(1:50) Synthetic peptide corresponding to amino acids 241–291 within the C-terminus of mouse IGFBP-3 (DKKGFYKKKRCRPSKGRKQSFCWCVDKYGQRLPGYDTKGKDDVHCLSV QSQ-C) Goat poly-IgG M-19; sc-6004/Santa Cruz Biotechnology Single 42 kDa band on immunoblot (Ye et al., 2003)
IL-6 Perivascular astrocytic endfeet(1:50) Recombinant rat IL-6 (rrIL-6) derived from Escherichia coli Goat poly-IgG AF506; lot # BCZ04/R&D Systems Single 27 kDa band on immunoblot (Wang et al., 2004)
RECA-1 Rat ECs (1:25) Stromal cells from rat lymph node Mouse mono-IgG MCA970GR/Serotec Not appropriate for immunoblot (Duijvestijn et al., 1992)
SMI-71 Blood–brain barrier (1:100) Rat brain homogenate Mouse mono-IgM #SMI71/Sternberger Monoclonals Not appropriate for immunoblot (Sternberger and Sternberger, 1987)
MMP-9 Blood–brain barrier(1:100) NS0-derived, recombinant mouse MMP-9 (rmMMP-9) Goat poly-IgG AF909; lot # EFP02/R&D Systems Single 110 kDa band on immunoblot (Yin et al., 2006)