Anti-CD68 antibody (ab125212) is a rabbit polyclonal antibody detecting CD68 in Western Blot, IHC-P. Suitable for Mouse, Rat.
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Immunohistochemistry (Formalin/PFA-fixed paraffin-embedded sections) - Anti-CD68 antibody (AB125212)
Immunohistochemical analysis of paraffin-embedded Rat spleen tissue labeling CD68 with ab125212 at 2 µg/ml. Heat mediated antigen retrieval was performed in EDTA buffer (pH 8.0, epitope retrieval solution). The tissue section was blocked with 10% goat serum. The tissue section was then incubated with ab125212 overnight at 4°C. Peroxidase Conjugated Goat Anti-rabbit IgG was used as secondary antibody and incubated for 30 minutes at 37°C. The tissue section was developed using a HRP conjugated Rabbit IgG with DAB as the chromogen.
- IHC-P
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Immunohistochemistry (Formalin/PFA-fixed paraffin-embedded sections) - Anti-CD68 antibody (AB125212)
ab125212 staining CD68 in Mouse skin tissue sections by Immunohistochemistry (IHC-P - paraformaldehyde-fixed, paraffin-embedded sections). Tissue was fixed with formaldehyde and blocked with 10% serum for 30 minutes at 24°C; antigen retrieval was by heat mediation in a citrate buffer. Samples were incubated with primary antibody (1/2000 in 10% goat serum) for 16 hours at 4°C. A Biotin-conjugated goat anti-rabbit IgG polyclonal (1/500) was used as the secondary antibody.
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- IHC-P
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Immunohistochemistry (Formalin/PFA-fixed paraffin-embedded sections) - Anti-CD68 antibody (AB125212)
ab125212 staining CD68 in Mouse spleen tissue sections by Immunohistochemistry (IHC-P - paraformaldehyde-fixed, paraffin-embedded sections). Tissue was fixed with paraformaldehyde and blocked with 5% serum for 30 minutes at 20°C; antigen retrieval was by heat mediation in a citrate buffer. Samples were incubated with primary antibody (1/100 in PBS + 2% BSA + 10% FCS) for 45 minutes at 20°C. A HRP-conjugated goat anti-rabbit IgG polyclonal (1/200) was used as the secondary antibody.
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Immunohistochemistry (Formalin/PFA-fixed paraffin-embedded sections) - Anti-CD68 antibody (AB125212)
Immunohistochemical analysis of paraffin-embedded Rat liver tissue labeling CD68 with ab125212 at 2 µg/ml. Heat mediated antigen retrieval was performed in EDTA buffer (pH 8.0, epitope retrieval solution). The tissue section was blocked with 10% goat serum. The tissue section was then incubated with ab125212 overnight at 4°C. Peroxidase Conjugated Goat Anti-rabbit IgG was used as secondary antibody and incubated for 30 minutes at 37°C. The tissue section was developed using a HRP conjugated Rabbit IgG with DAB as the chromogen.
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Immunohistochemistry (Formalin/PFA-fixed paraffin-embedded sections) - Anti-CD68 antibody (AB125212)
Immunohistochemical analysis of paraffin-embedded Mouse liver tissue labeling CD68 with ab125212 at 2 µg/ml. Heat mediated antigen retrieval was performed in EDTA buffer (pH 8.0, epitope retrieval solution). The tissue section was blocked with 10% goat serum. The tissue section was then incubated with ab125212 overnight at 4°C. Peroxidase Conjugated Goat Anti-rabbit IgG was used as secondary antibody and incubated for 30 minutes at 37°C. The tissue section was developed using a HRP conjugated Rabbit IgG with DAB as the chromogen.
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Immunohistochemistry (Formalin/PFA-fixed paraffin-embedded sections) - Anti-CD68 antibody (AB125212)
Immunohistochemical analysis of paraffin-embedded Rat lung tissue labeling CD68 with ab125212 at 2 µg/ml. Heat mediated antigen retrieval was performed in EDTA buffer (pH 8.0, epitope retrieval solution). The tissue section was blocked with 10% goat serum. The tissue section was then incubated with ab125212 overnight at 4°C. Peroxidase Conjugated Goat Anti-rabbit IgG was used as secondary antibody and incubated for 30 minutes at 37°C. The tissue section was developed using a HRP conjugated Rabbit IgG with DAB as the chromogen.
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Immunohistochemistry (Formalin/PFA-fixed paraffin-embedded sections) - Anti-CD68 antibody (AB125212)
Immunohistochemical analysis of paraffin-embedded Mouse spleen tissue labeling CD68 with ab125212 at 2 µg/ml. Heat mediated antigen retrieval was performed in EDTA buffer (pH 8.0, epitope retrieval solution). The tissue section was blocked with 10% goat serum. The tissue section was then incubated with ab125212 overnight at 4°C. Peroxidase Conjugated Goat Anti-rabbit IgG was used as secondary antibody and incubated for 30 minutes at 37°C. The tissue section was developed using a HRP conjugated Rabbit IgG with DAB as the chromogen.
- IHC-P
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Immunohistochemistry (Formalin/PFA-fixed paraffin-embedded sections) - Anti-CD68 antibody (AB125212)
Immunohistochemical analysis of murine spleen tissue, staining CD68 with ab125212.
Tissue was fixed with paraformaldehyde and blocked with 5% serum for 1 hour at room temperature; antigen retrieval was by heat mediation in citrate buffer (pH 6). Samples were incubated with primary antibody (undiluted) for 16 hours at 4°C. An undiluted HRP-conjugated horse anti-rat polyclonal IgG was used as the secondary antibody.
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Immunohistochemistry (Formalin/PFA-fixed paraffin-embedded sections) - Anti-CD68 antibody (AB125212)
Immunohistochemistry of microglial marker in mouse brain
Cortical staining for the microglial marker, CD68 increased as a function of age in rTg4510 animals, but remained unchanged in tTA animals. Scale bar, 200 μm, inset scale bar, 50 μm.
(After Figure 10 A of Wes et al.)
Wes, P.D. PLoS One. 2014 Aug 25;9(8):e106050. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0106050. eCollection 2014 Reproduced under the Creative Commons license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Western blot - Anti-CD68 antibody (AB125212)
Electrophoresis was performed on a 5-20% SDS-PAGE gel at 70V (Stacking gel) / 90V (Resolving gel) for 2-3 hours. The sample well of each lane was loaded with 30 ug of sample under reducing conditions. After electrophoresis, proteins were transferred to a nitrocellulose membrane at 150 mA for 50-90 minutes. Blocked the membrane with 5% non-fat milk/TBS for 1.5 hour at RT. The membrane was incubated with ab125212 at 0.5 µg/mL overnight at 4°C, then washed with TBS-0.1%Tween 3 times with 5 minutes each and probed with a goat anti-rabbit IgG-HRP secondary antibody at 1/5000 dilution for 1.5 hour at RT. The signal is developed using an Enhanced Chemiluminescent detection (ECL) kit with Tanon 5200 system. A specific band was detected for CD68 at approximately 90-100 kDa.
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Western blot - Anti-CD68 antibody (ab125212) at 0.5 µg/mL
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Rat spleen tissue lysates
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Mouse spleen tissue lysates
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RAW264.7 whole cell lysates
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Goat anti-rabbit IgG-HRP at 1/5000 dilution
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Western blot - Anti-CD68 antibody (AB125212)
False colour image of Western blot : Anti-CD68 antibody staining at 0.2 μg/ml, shown in green; Mouse anti-Alpha Tubulin [DM1A] (ab7291) loading control staining at 1/20000 dilution, shown in red. In Western blot, ab125212 was shown to bind specifically to CD68. A band was observed at 95-102 kDa in wild-type RAW 264.7 cell lysates with no signal observed at this size in CD68 knockout cell line ab280047 (knockout cell lysate ab280106). To generate this image, wild-type and CD68 knockout RAW 264.7 cell lysates were analysed. First, samples were run on an SDS-PAGE gel then transferred onto a nitrocellulose membrane. Membranes were blocked in fluorescent western blot (TBS-based) blocking solution before incubation with primary antibodies overnight at 4°C. Blots were washed four times in TBS-T, incubated with secondary antibodies for 1 h at room temperature, washed again four times then imaged. Secondary antibodies used were Goat anti-Rabbit IgG H&L (IRDye® 800CW) preabsorbed (ab216773) and Goat anti-Mouse IgG H&L (IRDye® 680RD) preabsorbed (ab216776) at 1/20000 dilution.
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Western blot - Anti-CD68 antibody (ab125212) at 0.2 µg/mL
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Wild-type RAW 264.7 cell lysate at 20 µg
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CD68 knockout RAW 264.7 cell lysate at 20 µg
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Western blot - Mouse CD68 knockout RAW 264.7 cell line (<a href='/en-us/products/cell-lines/mouse-cd68-knockout-raw-2647-cell-line-ab280047'>ab280047</a>)
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Mouse spleen cell lysate at 20 µg
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Neuro-2a cell lysate at 20 µg
Predicted band size: 37 kDa
Observed band size: 95-102 kDa
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Western blot - Anti-CD68 antibody (AB125212)
CD68 western blot using anti-CD68 antibody ab125212. Publication image and figure legend from Guido, M. C., Marques, A. F., et al., 2017, Oxid Med Cell Longev, PubMed 28781721.
ab125212 was used in this publication in western blot. This may not be the same as the application(s) guaranteed by Abcam. For a full list of applications guaranteed by Abcam for ab125212 please see the product overview.
(a) Total inflammatory cell count in SEN and INT areas. HE-stained sections, under 400x magnification. θp < 0.05 versus the DM SEN area; *p < 0.01 versus the CT SEN area, #p < 0.01 versus the DM SEN area; †p < 0.01 versus the CT INT area. Data expressed in mean ± SEM. Western blot protein expression analysis depicting CD68 (b), CD3 (c), MCP-1 (d), TNF-α (e), IL1-β (f), and IL-6 (g) was performed 8 weeks after diabetes induction. *p < 0.05 and †p < 0.001 versus the CT group. Data expressed in mean ± SEM in all plots.
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Anti-CD68 antibody (ab125212) was first used in a scientific publication in 2012 and has been cited over 726 times in peer reviewed journals. It's performance in Western blot, immunofluorescence and IHC in human, mouse and rat samples is trusted by the scientific community.
Abcam's high quality validation processes ensure Anti-CD68 antibody (ab125212) has high sensitivity and specificity.
Anti-CD68 antibody (ab125212) has 55 independent reviews from customers.
Anti-CD68 antibody (ab125212) specifically detects CD68 (UniProt ID: P31996; Molecular weight: 33kDa) and is sold in 100 ug selling sizes.
CD68 levels is implicated in autoimmune conditions like rheumatoid arthritis, where macrophages contribute to joint inflammation and damage. Cited in over 924 publications.
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Biological function summary
CD68 facilitates functions associated with the innate immune response. It serves as an important part of macrophages which contribute to immune surveillance and tissue homeostasis. Though it primarily operates on its own in some contexts CD68 might assist in forming complexes with other receptors to modulate phagocytic activity. This target is significant in atherosclerotic plaque stability as macrophages engulf lipids and cell debris through processes facilitated by CD68.
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CD68 is involved in pathways connected to inflammation and phagocytosis. The CD68 protein works closely with other scavenger receptors like CD36 to mediate uptake of oxidized low-density lipoproteins (oxLDL) in the lipid metabolism pathway. Additionally CD68 engagement can influence the toll-like receptor (TLR) signaling pathways thereby linking innate immunity and inflammatory responses critical for host defense and disease progression.
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