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ArticlePloS one2017

Purification and characterization of a highly specific polyclonal antibody against human extracellular signal-regulated kinase 8 and its detection in lung cancer.

Na-Li Cai, Andy T Y Lau, Fei-Yuan Yu, Dan-Dan Wu, Li-Juan Dai, Hai-Ying Mo, Chang-Min Lin, Yan-Ming Xu

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Article in PloS one, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Na-Li CaiLaboratory of Cancer Biology and Epigenetics, Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, P. R. China.
Andy T Y LauLaboratory of Cancer Biology and Epigenetics, Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, P. R. China.
Fei-Yuan YuLaboratory of Cancer Biology and Epigenetics, Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, P. R. China.
Dan-Dan WuLaboratory of Cancer Biology and Epigenetics, Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, P. R. China.
Li-Juan DaiLaboratory of Cancer Biology and Epigenetics, Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, P. R. China.
Hai-Ying MoLaboratory of Cancer Biology and Epigenetics, Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, P. R. China.
Chang-Min LinDepartment of Histology and Embryology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, P. R. China.
Yan-Ming XuLaboratory of Cancer Biology and Epigenetics, Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong, P. R. China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1124-0045
Shantou University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Extracellular signal-regulated kinase 8 (ERK8), proposed as a novel potential therapeutic target for cancer, has been implicated in cell transformation, apoptosis, the protection of genomic integrity, and autophagy. To facilitate ERK8 research, a highly specific anti-ERK8 antibody is needed. In this article, we use the Immune Epitope Database and Analysis Resource online tool to predict B-cell epitopes of human ERK8 protein, and choose a 28 aa-peptide sequence to generate the GST-ERK8(28aa) fusion protein as the antigen for developing polyclonal antibody against ERK8. The specificity and sensitivity of anti-ERK8 antibody were robustly validated by immunoblotting, immunocytochemical and immunohistochemical analyses; and we found that both the endogenous and ectopically-expressed human ERK8 proteins can be recognized by our anti-ERK8 antibody. This suggested that our characterized anti-ERK8 antibody will be a valuable tool for the elucidation of the distribution of ERK8 at cellular and histological levels. Finally, our tissue array analysis also demonstrated that the ERK8 protein was localized in both the nucleus and cytoplasm of human lung cancers.

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AntibodiesAntibody SpecificityCell Line, TumorCell NucleusCytoplasmDatabases, FactualEpitopes, B-LymphocyteExtracellular Signal-Regulated MAP KinasesHumansImmunohistochemistryLung NeoplasmsSoftwareAntibodiesEpitopes, B-LymphocyteExtracellular Signal-Regulated MAP KinasesMAPK15 protein, human

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PMID28902877
PMCPMC5597239
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