Specificity:

Rabbit Anti-Human CCR8 recognizes an epitope in the extracellular loop of Human CCR8. This polyclonal antibody was purified using affinity chromatography.

Background:

CCR8 is one of the chemokine receptors that are required as coreceptors for HIV infection. The genes encoding human and mouse CCR8 were cloned and designated TER1, CKR-L1, and ChemR1. The encoded seven transmembrane protein was identified as the receptor for human CC chemokine I-309 and renamed CCR8. Recently, CCR8 was found to serve as a coreceptor for diverse T-cell tropic, dual-tropic and macrophage-tropic HIV-1 strains. CCR8 mediates CC chemokine I-309 induced monocyte chemoattraction and HIV-1 envelope fusion and virus infection, which can be prevented by the CCR8 ligand I-309. CCR8 is expressed in spleen, thymus and T lymphoblastic cell lines.

Known Species Cross Reactivity: Hu+