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For optimal and reproducible results, BD Horizon Brilliant Stain Buffer should be used anytime BD Horizon Brilliant dyes are used in a multicolor flow cytometry panel. Fluorescent dye interactions may cause staining artifacts which may affect data interpretation. The BD Horizon Brilliant Stain Buffer was designed to minimize these interactions. When BD Horizon Brilliant Stain Buffer is used in in the multicolor panel, it should also be used in the corresponding compensation controls for all dyes to achieve the most accurate compensation. For the most accurate compensation, compensation controls created with either cells or beads should be exposed to BD Horizon Brilliant Stain Buffer for the same length of time as the corresponding multicolor panel. More information can be found in the Technical Data Sheet of the BD Horizon Brilliant Stain Buffer (Cat. No. 563794/566349) or the BD Horizon Brilliant Stain Buffer Plus (Cat. No. 566385).
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The 3G3 monoclonal antibody specifically binds to Forkhead box protein P3 (Foxp3) which is also known as Scurfin and JM2. Foxp3 is a 50-55 kDa protein that is encoded by Foxp3 (forkhead box P3) which belongs to the forkhead/winged helix family of transcriptional regulators. FoxP3 contains a single C2H2-type zinc-finger motif, a leucine-zipper region, and a C-terminal forkhead DNA-binding domain. Foxp3 is expressed by natural (nTreg) and induced/adaptive (iTreg) T regulatory cells. Foxp3 is a key transcription factor for Treg cell development and regulatory function. Treg cells play crucial roles in maintaining immune homeostasis by enforcing immunological tolerance to self-antigens and by suppressing excessive responses made by other immune cells to foreign antigens. Ectopic expression of Foxp3 in conventional T cells is sufficient to induce suppressive activity, repress the production of cytokines such as IL2 and IFN-γ, and upregulate Treg cell-associated molecules such as CTLA4/CD152 and GITR/TNFRSF18. A mutation in Foxp3 causes a lack of functional Tregs in Scurfy (sf) mice which develop a systemic disease state with autoimmune manifestations. The 3G3 antibody reportedly binds to the N-terminus of Foxp3.
Development References (5)
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Gavin MA, Torgerson TR, Houston E, et al. Single-cell analysis of normal and FOXP3-mutant human T cells: FOXP3 expression without regulatory T cell development. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2006; 103(17):6659-6664. (Immunogen: Flow cytometry). View Reference
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Hadaschik EN, Wei X, Leiss H, et al. Regulatory T cell-deficient scurfy mice develop systemic autoimmune features resembling lupus-like disease. Arthritis Res Ther. 2015; 17(35):1-12. (Biology). View Reference
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Law JP, Hirschkorn DF, Owen RE, Biswas HH, Norris PJ, Lanteri MC. The importance of Foxp3 antibody and fixation/permeabilization buffer combinations in identifying CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ regulatory T cells. Cytometry A. 2009; 75(12):1040-1050. (Clone-specific: Flow cytometry). View Reference
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Mailer RKW. Alternative Splicing of FOXP3-Virtue and Vice. Front Immunol. 2018; 9(530):1-11. (Clone-specific). View Reference
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