Product Overview
Clone: LIV3G11
Plasma cells, which are large lymphocytes derived from an antigen-specific B-cell, secrete antibodies and are responsible for humoral immunity. Plasma cells differentiate from B-cells upon stimulation by CD4+ lymphocytes. Plasma cells contain basophilic cytoplasm; their nucleus contains heterochromatin organized in a characteristic cartwheel arrangement. This antibody superbly recognizes normal and neoplastic plasma cells in routine formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue sections. It is of potential value in identifying myeloma or plasmacytoma in bone marrow or other tissues. It also helps differentiate lympho-plasmacytoid lymphoma from lymphocytic and follicular lymphoma. Note that this antibody is not suitable for staining frozen tissues.
