CD1aisaproteinof43to49kDexpressedondendriticcellsandcorticalthymocytes.CD1aantigenexpressionhasbeenshowntobeusefulindifferentiatingLangerhanscells,powerfulantigenpresentingcellspresentinskinandepithelia,frominterdigitatingcells.ImmunohistochemicalstudiesforCD1aantigenhavereportedareductioninepidermalLangerhanscellsingraftversushostdiseaseandtheparticipationofCD1aantigen-positivedendriticcellsinatheroscleroticlesionformationandasthmaticinflammation.
CloneMTB1detectscorticalthymocytes,Langerhanscellsinepidermis,interdigitatingcellsofdermisandinterdigitatingcellsofstratifiedsquamousepitheliumoftonsil.CloneMTB1mayalsodetectsmallfocalgroupsoflymphocytesoutsidethegerminalcentersoftonsilindicatingacross-reactionwithCD1bantigen
Image:CD1a(cloneMT1B)stainingofparaffinembeddedhumanskintissue(normal).NoteintensemembranestainingofLangerhanscells.
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