Rat anti-Mouse TREM-2 Monoclonal Antibody | anti-TREM-2 antibody
TREM-2 (Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid Cells 2, Trem2a, Trem2b, Trem2c) (MaxLight 650)
NCBI and Uniprot Product Information
NCBI Description
The protein encoded by this gene is part of the immunoglobulin and lectin-like superfamily and functions as part of the innate immune system. This gene forms part of a cluster of genes on mouse chromosome 17 thought to be involved in innate immunity. This protein associates with the adaptor protein Dap-12 and recruits several factors, such as kinases and phospholipase C-gamma, to form a receptor signaling complex that activates myeloid cells, including dendritic cells and microglia. In humans homozygous loss-of-function mutations in this gene cause Nasu-Hakola disease and mutations in this gene may be risk factors to the development of Alzheimer's disease. In mouse mutations of this gene serve as a pathophysiological model for polycystic lipomembranous osteodysplasia with sclerosing leukoencephalopathy (Nasu-Hakola disease) and for inflammatory bowel disease. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants that encode different protein isoforms. [provided by RefSeq, Jan 2013]
Uniprot Description
TREM2: May have a role in chronic inflammations and may stimulate production of constitutive rather than inflammatory chemokines and cytokines. Forms a receptor signaling complex with TYROBP and triggers activation of the immune responses in macrophages and dendritic cells. Defects in TREM2 are a cause of polycystic lipomembranous osteodysplasia with sclerosing leukoencephalopathy (PLOSL); also known as presenile dementia with bone cysts or Nasu-Hakola disease (NHD). PLOSL is a recessively inherited disease characterized by a combination of psychotic symptoms rapidly progressing to presenile dementia and bone cysts restricted to wrists and ankles. PLOSL has a global distribution, although most of the patients have been diagnosed in Finland and Japan, with an estimated population prevalence of 2x10(-6) in the Finns. 3 isoforms of the human protein are produced by alternative splicing.
Protein type: Membrane protein, integral
Cellular Component: membrane; intracellular membrane-bound organelle; extracellular region; integral to membrane; plasma membrane
Molecular Function: peptidoglycan binding; protein binding; transmembrane receptor activity; lipopolysaccharide binding
Biological Process: positive regulation of peptidyl-tyrosine phosphorylation; detection of lipopolysaccharide; detection of peptidoglycan; lipopolysaccharide-mediated signaling pathway; innate immune response; positive regulation of calcium-mediated signaling; signal transduction; positive regulation of antigen processing and presentation of peptide antigen via MHC class II