The Wnt genes encode a family of secreted extracellular signaling glycoproteins, which function in a variety of important developmental processes such as regulation of cell growth and differentiation. Wnt proteins also play roles in carcinogenesis. Wnt-14, rather than Wnt-15, is preferentially expressed in various types of human cancer. Wnt-15 is expressed in fetal and adult kidney and is most homologous to Wnt-14. Wnt-16, another member in the Wnt family, has two mRNA isoforms, Wnt-16a and Wnt-16b. These isoforms differ in the composition of their 5UTR and first exon, which results in differential expression. Wnt-16a is expressed only in pancreas, whereas Wnt-16b is highly expressed in adult kidney, placenta, brain, heart and spleen, but not in bone marrow. However, Wnt-16 transcripts are present in bone marrow and cell lines derived from pre-B acute lymphoblastoid leukemia patients carrying the E2A-Pbx1 hybrid gene. Thus, Wnt-16 is a downstream target of E2APbx1, and the Wnt-16-mediated autocrine growth mechanism may contribute to the development of t(1,19) pre-B acute lymphoblastoid leukemias.
The antibody was affinity-purified from rabbit antiserum by affinity-chromatography using epitope-specific immunogen and the purity is > 95% (by SDS-PAGE).
Form:
Rabbit IgG, 1mg/ml in PBS with 0.02% sodium azide, 50% glycerol, pH7.2
Application Dilute:
WB:1:500~1:1000
Application Notes:
WNT16 polyclonal antibody detects endogenous levels of WNT16 protein.
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