MART-1 (Melan A) (A103) Mouse Monoclonal Antibody

MART-1 (Melan A)
MART-1 (A103) on tonsil, metastatic melanoma.

MART-1 (Melan A) (A103) Mouse Monoclonal Antibody

Specialties: Dermatopathology

Updated: 2022-09-15 14:47:42

MART-1 (also known as melan A) is a melanoma antigen recognized by T cells.1-2 MART-1 is a transmembrane protein present in melanocytes of normal skin, nevi, and most melanomas. MART-1 is a useful marker for identifying melanomas.3-11

  1. Kawakami, Y et al. "Cloning of the gene coding for a shared human melanoma antigen recognized by autologous T cells infiltrating into tumor." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America vol. 91,9 (1994): 3515-9.
  2. Coulie, P G et al. "A new gene coding for a differentiation antigen recognized by autologous cytolytic T lymphocytes on HLA-A2 melanomas." The Journal of experimental medicine vol. 180,1 (1994): 35-42.
  3. Kageshita, T et al. "Differential expression of MART-1 in primary and metastatic melanoma lesions." Journal of immunotherapy (Hagerstown, Md. : 1997) vol. 20,6 (1997): 460-5.
  4. Fetsch, P A et al. "Melanoma-associated antigen recognized by T cells (MART-1): the advent of a preferred immunocytochemical antibody for the diagnosis of metastatic malignant melanoma with fine-needle aspiration." Cancer vol. 87,1 (1999): 37-42.
  5. Bergman, R et al. "A comparative immunohistochemical study of MART-1 expression in Spitz nevi, ordinary melanocytic nevi, and malignant melanomas." Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology vol. 42,3 (2000): 496-500.
  6. Orosz, Z. "Melan-A/Mart-1 expression in various melanocytic lesions and in non-melanocytic soft tissue tumours." Histopathology vol. 34,6 (1999): 517-25.
  7. Yaziji, Hadi, and Allen M Gown. "Immunohistochemical markers of melanocytic tumors." International journal of surgical pathology vol. 11,1 (2003): 11-5.
  8. Suchak, Ravi et al. "Evaluation of the role of routine melan-A immunohistochemistry for exclusion of microinvasion in 120 cases of lentigo maligna." The American Journal of dermatopathology vol. 36,5 (2014): 387-91.
  9. Helm, Klaus, and Jennifer Findeis-Hosey. "Immunohistochemistry of pigmented actinic keratoses, actinic keratoses, melanomas in situ and solar lentigines with Melan-A." Journal of cutaneous pathology vol. 35,10 (2008): 931-4.
  10. Kucher, Cynthia et al. "Expression of Melan-A and Ki-67 in desmoplastic melanoma and desmoplastic nevi." The American Journal of dermatopathology vol. 26,6 (2004): 452-7.
  11. Nielsen, Patricia Switten et al. "Immunohistochemical double stains against Ki67/MART1 and HMB45/MITF: promising diagnostic tools in melanocytic lesions." The American Journal of dermatopathology vol. 33,4 (2011): 361-70.

Specifications


  • Reactivity: paraffin
  • Control: Melanoma (Cytoplasmic); Skin (Cytoplasmic)
  • Dilution Range: 1:100-1:500 *

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For in vitro diagnostic (IVD) use in USA

0.1 mL concentrate281M-84
0.5 mL concentrate281M-85
1.0 mL concentrate281M-86
1.0 mL predilute ready-to-use281M-87
7.0 mL predilute ready-to-use281M-88

For in vitro diagnostic (IVD) use in Canada

0.1 mL concentrate281M-84
0.5 mL concentrate281M-85
1.0 mL concentrate281M-86
1.0 mL predilute ready-to-use281M-87
7.0 mL predilute ready-to-use281M-88

For in vitro diagnostic (IVD) use in Europe

0.1 mL concentrate281M-84
0.5 mL concentrate281M-85
1.0 mL concentrate281M-86
1.0 mL predilute ready-to-use281M-87
7.0 mL predilute ready-to-use281M-88

For research use only (RUO) in Japan

0.1 mL concentrate (RUO)281M-84-RUO
0.5 mL concentrate (RUO)281M-85-RUO
1.0 mL concentrate (RUO)281M-86-RUO
1.0 mL predilute ready-to-use (RUO)281M-87-RUO
7.0 mL predilute ready-to-use (RUO)281M-88-RUO

 

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