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Novus' Pyruvate Kinase M2 antibody (cat # NBP1-48308) has received some glowing product reviews and customer feedback lately. One satisfied customer wrote, "The best thing about this antibody is that it works well for immunofluorescence staining of frozen sections of rat glioblastoma tumor samples... [The staining] is exactly what we expected. This result further confirms that the antibody is specific for PKM2, and not PKM1."

Adiponectin is an adipocytokine protein that positively regulates metabolism of lipids and glucose by suppressing glucose production from the liver, stimulating insulin sensitivity, and increasing the rate of fatty acid oxidation and glucose uptake. Insulin resistance, obesity and dyslipidemia (abnormal blood lipid levels) are all linked to Adiponectin deficiency. The Adiponectin antibody is also used in Type 2 Diabetes research.

A highly conserved, abundant protein found in practically all eukaryotic cells, actin is a monomeric subunit of skeletal muscle thin filaments, and cytoskeleton microfilaments. Actin antibody products are routinely used in cell marker and loading control assays. However, actin antibody reagents are also used for cytoskeleton, cell motility, cytokinesis and cell signalling research.

There are three human isoforms of the AKT gene, which plays a key role in several signalling pathways.

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is a member of the NGF family of neurotrophins. During development it regulates the survival and differentiation of neuronal cell populations in the central and peripheral nervous system, while in adult synapses it is a major regulator of development, plasticity and transmission.

In December 2009, researchers at the University of Southern California cited using Novus’ mouse monoclonal Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase Antibody (cat# NB100-317) [PMID: 19923445]. Specifically, Novus’ hTERT antibody was used for immunofluorescent staining on human gingiva-derived mesenchymal stem cells (GMSC).

Neurofilaments (NFs) are intermediate filaments found almost exclusively in neuronal cells, and play an essential role supporting the cytoskeleton. In vertebrates they are composed of three intertwining polypeptide subunits of varying length and molecular weight – the 68kDa light, 160kDa medium and 200kDa heavy Neurofilament chains.

C-Myc is a widely expressed transcription factor, regulating cellular differentiation, proliferation, cell cycle progression and pro-apoptotic gene expression. The c-Myc antibody is widely used in cancer research, as a number of human tumors have been attributed to altered c-Myc expression.

The PARP (Poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase) protein is a zinc-dependant nuclear enzyme whose main role is to detect and repair DNA single-strand breaks (SSB). However, PARP antibody research has revealed there are at least 17 PARP proteins, which also play a major role in apoptosis (programmed cell death) and post-translational modification. We at Novus Biologicals have an extensive range of PARP antibody products in our antibody catalogu.

Laminin is one of a large number of proteins expressed on the basal laminar of the ECM (extracellular matrix). The laminin antibody database covers several proteins, which interact with integrins and other receptor proteins to support cellular differentiation, morphology, migration, cell survival and the maintenance of tissue phenotypes. Laminin antibody studies have played a key role in research into angiogenesis and tumor development.