BackgroundInformation | Examinationofcellsignalingpathwaysandmonitoringtheiractivationstatushavebeenextremelyimportantforresearcherstounderstandthedetailedmechanismsofcellularfunctionsandthecauseofvariousdiseases.Manysignaltransductionpathwayshavebeenimplicatedtoleadtomultipleoutcomessuchasapoptosis,celldifferentiation,cellgrowthandcellproliferation,allofwhichhavebeenextensivelystudiedforthetreatmentofvariouscancersandautoimmunediseases.
Thestudyofcellsignalingpathwaysarenowmadeeasierwiththeuseofactivationstatus-specificandphospho-specificantibodies.Measurementofproteinphosphorylationwithphospho-specificantibodieshasgiveninsightintokinasesignalingcascades[Krutzik,P.O.etal.(2003].Multi-parameterphosphoflowcytometryisapowerfultoolforstudyingmultiplepathwaysinamixedcellpopulationatthesametime.
Milliporeoffersarangeofnovelantibodybasedmulti-parameterFlowCellect™kitswhicharespecificallydesignedtoaddressthecurrentneedsinphosphoflowcytometryanalysisofcellsignalingpathwaysandcancerresearchinamulti-parametricfashion.Alloftheantibodiesprovidedinthekithavebeendirectlyconjugatedandoptimizedformulti-colorflowcytometryapplications.Byusingacombinationofantibodiesprovidedinthekit,researcherscannowaccuratelymeasurekeysignalingnodesandendpointsactivations.Moreover,researcherscanalsodissectanyparticularlinearsignalingpathwaycascadebymeasuringtheactivationofseveralcomponentsinatimecoursedependentmanner.ByusingtheFlowCellect™PI3K-mTORSignalingCascadekit,theresearchercannowstudymTORingreaterdetailanditsrelationshipingeneralcellfunctionsuchascellproliferation,apoptosisandcancer.
AllFlowCellect™kitsareoptimizedonthebench-topGuava®flowcytometrysystems,whichsavesvaluabletimeandsamplevolume.Allkitscontainoptimizedfixation,permeABIlization,washandflowbufferstoprovideresearcherswithacompletesolutionforsimultaneousdetectionofmultiplepathwayactivations.WiththeGuavaplatformandFlowCellect™kits,onecanfinallyhaveaneasy,reliableandfullyvalidatedsolutiontostudythecomplexcellsignalingpathwaysrightinthecomfortofyourownlab. |