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Table 1 Antibodies used for immunohistochemistry

From: Desmin and dystrophin abnormalities in upper airway muscles of snorers and patients with sleep apnea

Antibody

Product Code

Specificity

Genea

Host/Clone

Dilution

Source

Desmin

M0760

Human and animal desmin

DES

mAb-mouse/ D33

1:100

1

Desmin

18–0016

Human desmin

DES

mAb-mouse/ ZC18

1:1000

2

Desmin

ab15200

Human and animal desmin

DES

pAb-rabbit

1:2000

3

Dystrophin

GTX15277

Human dystrophin (C-terminus)

DMD

pAb-rabbit

1:7500

4

Dystrophin

NCL-DYS1

Human dystrophin (Rod domain)

DMD

mAb-mouse/ Dy4/6D3

1:5

5

Dystrophin

NCL-DYS2

Human dystrophin (C-terminus)

DMD

mAb-mouse/ Dy8/6C5

1:10

5

Dystrophin

NCL-DYS3

Human dystrophin (N terminus)

DMD

mAb-mouse/ DY10/12B2

1:10

5

Alpha-actinin

A7732

Human and animal α-actinin (Sarcomeric)

ACTN2

mAb-mouse/ EA-53

1:500

6

Laminin

PC 128

Human laminin

LAM

pAb-sheep

1:15000

7

Utrophin

sc-33700

Human utrophin

UTRN

mAb-mouse/ 8A4

1:200

8

Slow MyHC

A4.840

Human and animal MyHCI

MyH7

mAb-mouse

1:400

9

Fast A MyHC

A4.74

Human and animal MyHCIIa

MyH2

mAb-mouse

1:500

9

  1. aOfficial gene nomenclature according to OMIM. (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/omim). 1. Dako, Sweden, 2. Invitrogen Corporation, CA, USA; 3. Abcam, UK, 4. GeneTex Inc., Taiwan, 5. Novocastra Laboratories Ltd., UK, 6. Sigma-Aldrich Co, UK; 7. Binding site Inc., USA; 8. Santa Cruz Biotechnology Inc. UK, 9. Developmental Studies Hybridoma Bank, developed under the auspices of the NICHD and maintained by the University of Biological Sciences, Iowa City, Iowa, USA