This antibody has been reported to react with the 25- kDa ε chain of the T-cell receptor-associated CD3 complex expressed on thymocytes, mature T lymphocytes, and NK-T cells on many mouse stains. Plate-bound and soluble hamster anti-mouse CD3e (clone 500A2) antibody has been reported to activate unprimed T cells in vitro. Activation of a mouse T-cell clone by soluble hamster anti-mouse CD3e (clone 500A2) can be blocked by Fab fragments of anti-CD4 antibody GK1.5, suggesting that the hamster anti-mouse CD3e (clone 500A2) antibody may bind an epitope of CD3e close to a site at which CD4 associates with the T-cell receptor. This hamster mAb to a mouse leukocyte antigen has been reported not to cross-react with rat leukocytes. Immunohistochemical staining of T lymphocytes. A frozen section from mouse spleen was stained with the Hamster Anti-Mouse CD3e(Cat. No. 550277) antibody. T lymphocytes can be identified by the intense brown labeling of their cell surface membranes (20X magnification).
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Havran, Poenie, Kimura, Tsien, Weiss, Allison: "Expression and function of the CD3-antigen receptor on murine CD4+8+ thymocytes." in: Nature, Vol. 330, Issue 6144, pp. 170-3, (1987) (PubMed).