Mesothelin is a glycosyl-phosphatidyl- inositol–anchored glycoprotein present on the cell surface of various human solid tumors.? The mesothelin (MSLN) gene encodes a 71-kDa precursor protein that is processed to a 40-kDa glycosylphosphatidyl-inositol–anchored protein that composes the mature portion and an NH2-terminal 31-kDa fragment called megakaryocyte-potentiating factor that is released from the cell.? Mesothelin is a tumor differentiation antigen present at low levels on a restricted set of normal adult tissues, such as mesothelium, but aberrantly over expressed in mesotheliomas, ovarian, and pancreatic cancers.? The biological functions of mesothelin remain elusive.? A recent study showed that mesothelin binds to MUC16/CA125, and that this interaction mediates cell adhesion, suggesting that there may be an important role for MUC16/CA125 and mesothelin in the metastatic spread of ovarian cancer.
This antibody was produced in mesothelin-deficient mice by immunizations with plasmid cDNA encoding human MSLN full length protein followed by a single boost of a recombinant human mesothelin-Fc fusion protein.
來源宿主
Mouse
反應(yīng)性
H. sapiens (Human)
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