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LIN28B Antibody #4196

Applications Reactivity Sensitivity MW (kDa) Source
W IP H Endogenous 32, 21 Rabbit

Applications Key:  W=Western Blotting  IP=Immunoprecipitation
Reactivity Key:  H=Human
Species cross-reactivity is determined by western blot. Species enclosed in parentheses are predicted to react based on 100% sequence homology.

Protocols

Specificity / Sensitivity

LIN28B Antibody detects endogenous levels of total LIN28B protein.

Source / Purification

Polyclonal antibodies are produced by immunizing animals with a synthetic peptide corresponding to amino acid residues at the carboxyl terminus of human LIN28B. Antibodies are purified by Protein A and peptide affinity chromatography.

Western Blotting

Western Blotting

Western blot analysis of extracts from HepG2 and NTERA-2 cells, and human testes using LIN28B Antibody.

Background

LIN28A and LIN28B are conserved, developmentally regulated RNA binding proteins that inhibit the processing and maturation of the let-7 family of miRNAs (1,2). The let-7 miRNAs have been implicated in repression of oncogenes such as Ras, Myc, and HMGA2 (3). It has recently been shown that upregulation of LIN28A and LIN28B in primary human tumors and human cancer cell lines is correlated with downregulation of let-7 miRNAs (4). LIN28 genes are reported to be involved in primordial germ cell development and germ cell malignancy (5). In addition, allelic variation in LIN28B is associated with regulating the timing of puberty in humans (6). Overexpression of LIN28A, in conjunction with Oct-4, Sox2, and Nanog, can reprogram human fibroblasts to pluripotent, ES-like cells (7).

  1. Balzer, E. and Moss, E.G. (2007) RNA Biol 4, 16-25.
  2. Piskounova, E. et al. (2008) J Biol Chem 283, 21310-4.
  3. Cho, W.C. (2007) Mol Cancer 6, 60.
  4. Viswanathan, S.R. et al. (2009) Nat Genet 41, 843-8.
  5. West, J.A. et al. (2009) Nature 460, 909-13.
  6. Ong, K.K. et al. (2009) Nat Genet 41, 729-33.
  7. Yu, J. et al. (2007) Science 318, 1917-20.

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