General Notes
Mouse anti Rat CD11b, clone OX-42 recognizes rat CD11b, also known as integrin alpha-M, the receptor for the iC3b component of complement. CD11b is a 1151 amino acid single pass type 1 transmembrane glycoprotein posessing a single vWFA domain and multiple FG-GAP repeats. CD11b is expressed on most macrophages, including resident and activated peritoneal macrophages and Kupffer cells and around 35% of alveolar macrophages. The antibody also labels dendritic cells, granulocytes and microglia in the brain (Robinson et al.1986).Mouse anti Rat CD11b, clone OX-42 is reported to inhibit complement mediated rosettes (Robinson et al.1986) as well as inhibit myelin binding and uptake (van der Laan et al.1996).