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      PE-Cy™7 Rat Anti-Mouse IL-4
      PE-Cy™7 Rat Anti-Mouse IL-4
      Flow cytometric analysis for IL-4 in activated mouse splenocytes.  Mouse Intracellular Cytokine-2 positive control cells (MiCK-2) offered by BD Biosciences as MN 554653, are activated mouse splenocytes prepared in the presence of a protein transport inhibitor.  Fixed and permeabilized MiCK-2 cells were stained either with a PE-Cy™7 Rat IgG1, κ isotype control (left panel) or with the PE-Cy™7 Rat Anti-Mouse IL-4 antibody (right panel).  Dot plots were derived from gated events based on light scattering characteristics for lymphocytes.  Flow cytometry was performed on a BD LSR™ II flow cytometry system.
      PE-Cy™7 Rat Anti-Mouse IL-4
      Flow cytometric analysis for IL-4 in activated mouse splenocytes.  Mouse Intracellular Cytokine-2 positive control cells (MiCK-2) offered by BD Biosciences as MN 554653, are activated mouse splenocytes prepared in the presence of a protein transport inhibitor.  Fixed and permeabilized MiCK-2 cells were stained either with a PE-Cy™7 Rat IgG1, κ isotype control (left panel) or with the PE-Cy™7 Rat Anti-Mouse IL-4 antibody (right panel).  Dot plots were derived from gated events based on light scattering characteristics for lymphocytes.  Flow cytometry was performed on a BD LSR™ II flow cytometry system.
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      BD Pharmingen™
      IL4: Interleukin-4; BSF-1; B-cell growth factor 1; BCGF-1
      Mouse (QC Testing)
      Rat IgG1, κ
      Partially Purified Mouse IL-4
      Intracellular staining (flow cytometry) (Routinely Tested)
      0.2 mg/ml
      16189
      AB_1727548
      Aqueous buffered solution containing ≤0.09% sodium azide.
      RUO


      Preparation And Storage

      Store undiluted at 4°C and protected from prolonged exposure to light. Do not freeze. The monoclonal antibody was purified from tissue culture supernatant or ascites by affinity chromatography. The antibody was conjugated to the dye under optimum conditions and unconjugated antibody and free dye were removed.
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      Recommended Assay Procedures

      Flow cytometry:  The 11B11 antibody is useful for immunofluorescent staining and flow cytometric analysis to identify and enumerate IL-4 producing cells within mixed cell populations.  A useful control investigators may consider using for demonstrating specificity of staining, is to pre-block with one of the following reagents: (1) recombinant mouse IL-4 (Cat. No. 550067) or (2) unlabeled 11B11 antibody (Cat. No. 554434), prior to staining.

      Cell Preparation:  Investigators not wishing to utilize MiCK-2 cells may alternatively stimulate mouse splenocyte enriched CD4+ cells (e.g C57BL/6) with 10 µg/ml plate-bound NA/LE hamster anti-mouse CD3e antibody (clone 145-2C11; Cat. No. 553057) and 2 µg/ml soluble NA/LE hamster anti-mouse CD28 (clone 37.51; Cat. No. 553294) antibody in the presence of 10 ng/ml recombinant mouse IL-2 (Cat. No. 550069) and 20 ng/ml recombinant mouse IL-4 (Cat. No. 550067) for 2 days followed by additional cell expansion with recombinant IL-2 and IL-4 for an additional 3 days. Following expansion, cells may be activated with the Leukocyte Activation Cocktail (Cat. No. 550583) or alternatively, with a 4-6 hr treatment with PMA (5 ng/mL, Sigma-Aldrich Cat. No. P-8139) and ionomycin (500 ng/mL, Sigma-Aldrich Cat. No. I-0634) in the presence of 1 µg/mL Brefeldin A (BD GolgiPlug™ MN 555029).  Investigators are advised to fix and permeabilize the cells prior to staining.

      BD® CompBeads can be used as surrogates to assess fluorescence spillover (compensation).  When fluorochrome conjugated antibodies are bound to BD® CompBeads, they have spectral properties very similar to cells.   However, for some fluorochromes there can be small differences in spectral emissions compared to cells, resulting in spillover values that differ when compared to biological controls.  It is strongly recommended that when using a reagent for the first time, users compare the spillover on cell and BD® CompBeads to ensure that BD® CompBeads are appropriate for your specific cellular application.

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      Product Notices

      1. Since applications vary, each investigator should titrate the reagent to obtain optimal results.
      2. An isotype control should be used at the same concentration as the antibody of interest.
      3. Warning: Some APC-Cy7 and PE-Cy7 conjugates show changes in their emission spectrum with prolonged exposure to formaldehyde. If you are unable to analyze fixed samples within four hours, we recommend that you use BD™ Stabilizing Fixative (Cat. No. 338036).
      4. Please observe the following precautions: Absorption of visible light can significantly alter the energy transfer occurring in any tandem fluorochrome conjugate; therefore, we recommend that special precautions be taken (such as wrapping vials, tubes, or racks in aluminum foil) to prevent exposure of conjugated reagents, including cells stained with those reagents, to room illumination.
      5. PE-Cy7 is a tandem fluorochrome composed of R-phycoerythrin (PE), which is excited by 488-nm light and serves as an energy donor, coupled to the cyanine dye Cy7, which acts as an energy acceptor and fluoresces maximally at 780 nm. PE-Cy7 tandem fluorochrome emission is collected in a detector for fluorescence wavelengths of 750 nm and higher. Although every effort is made to minimize the lot-to-lot variation in the efficiency of the fluorochrome energy transfer, differences in the residual emission from PE may be observed. Therefore, we recommend that individual compensation controls be performed for every PE-Cy7 conjugate. PE-Cy7 is optimized for use with a single argon ion laser emitting 488-nm light, and there is no significant overlap between PE-Cy7 and FITC emission spectra. When using dual-laser cytometers, which may directly excite both PE and Cy7, we recommend the use of cross-beam compensation during data acquisition or software compensation during data analysis.
      6. Caution: Sodium azide yields highly toxic hydrazoic acid under acidic conditions. Dilute azide compounds in running water before discarding to avoid accumulation of potentially explosive deposits in plumbing.
      7. For fluorochrome spectra and suitable instrument settings, please refer to our Multicolor Flow Cytometry web page at www.bdbiosciences.com/colors.
      8. Please refer to www.bdbiosciences.com/us/s/resources for technical protocols.
      9. Please refer to http://regdocs.bd.com to access safety data sheets (SDS).
      10. Cy is a trademark of Global Life Sciences Solutions Germany GmbH or an affiliate doing business as Cytiva.
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      560699 Rev. 2
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      11B11

      Interleukin-4 (IL-4) is a pleiotropic cytokine that has many roles, such as inducing the differentiation of naïve helper T cells (Th0 cells) to Th2 cells, stimulating activated B-cell and T-cell proliferation, and promoting immunoglobulin class switching to IgG1 and IgE in mouse B-cells.  IL-4 is expressed by CD4 T-cells, mast cells, basophils and eosinophils.  IL-4 was previously known as B-Cell Differentiation Factor (BCDF) or B-cell Stimulatory Factor (BSF1).  The 11B11 monoclonal antibody specifically binds to mouse IL-4. The immunogen used to generate the 11B11 hybridoma was partially purified mouse IL-4 prepared from the supernatant of Phorbol 12-Myristate 13-Acetate (PMA)-stimulated EL-4 cells. The 11B11 antibody is reportedly a neutralizing antibody.

      560699 Rev. 2
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      PE-Cy7
      PE-Cy7 dye is a part of the BD PE family of dyes. This tandem fluorochrome is comprised of a R-Phycoerythrin (PE) donor that has excitation maxima (Ex Max) of 496-nm and 566-nm and an acceptor dye, Cy™7, with an emission maximum (Em Max) at 781-nm. PE can be excited by the Blue (488-nm), Green (532-nm) and yellow-green (561-nm) lasers and detected using an optical filter centered near 781 nm (e.g., a 760/60-nm bandpass filter). The donor dye can be excited by the Blue (488-nm), Green (532-nm) and yellow-green (561-nm) lasers and the acceptor dye can be excited by the Red (627–640-nm) laser resulting in cross-laser excitation and fluorescence spillover. Please ensure that your instrument’s configurations (lasers and optical filters) are appropriate for this dye.
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      PE-Cy7
      Yellow-Green 488 nm, 532 nm, 561 nm
      496 nm, 566 nm
      781 nm
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