CASP1
Reactivity: Human
IHC, ELISA
Host: Rabbit
Polyclonal
unconjugated
Application Notes
ELISA. Western Blot: Casp-1 antibody can be used for the detection of Caspase-1 at 0.5 μg/mL. Depending on cell lines or tissues used, other cleavage products may be observed. Immunohistochemistry. Other applications not tested. Optimal dilutions are dependent on conditions and should be determined by the user.
Restrictions
For Research Use only
Buffer
PBS containing 0.02 % sodium azide.
Preservative
Sodium azide
Precaution of Use
This product contains sodium azide: a POISONOUS AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE which should be handled by trained staff only.
Caspases are a family of cysteine proteases that can be divided into the apoptotic and inflammatory caspase subfamilies. Unlike the apoptotic caspases, members of the inflammatory subfamily are generally not involved in cell death but are associated with the immune response to microbial pathogens (reviewed in 1 and 2). Members of this subfamily include caspase-1, -4, -5, and -12 and can activate proinflammatory cytokines such as IL-1beta and IL-18 (3,4). Caspase-1 was initially identified as an IL-1beta-converting enzyme (5), later experiments revealed it to be a mammalian homolog of the C. elegans cell death gene ced-3 (6) whose overexpression can induce apoptosis in fibroblasts (7).Synonyms: CASP-1, CASP1, ICE, IL1BC, IL1BCE, Interleukin-1 beta convertase, Interleukin-1 beta-converting enzyme, p45