Alexa Fluor® 488 Rat Anti-Mouse CD169 Antibody (S-R594)

CD169, also known as Siglec-1 or sialoadhesin, is a type I transmembrane glycoprotein of the immunoglobulin superfamily expressed predominantly on subsets of tissue-resident macrophages and some dendritic cells; it contains 17 extracellular Ig-like domains that together project ~33 nm from the plasma membrane to enable high-avidity binding to α2,3-linked sialic acid moieties on glycoproteins and glycolipids of host cells or pathogens, thereby facilitating pathogen capture, antigen presentation, and adaptive immune priming while simultaneously serving as an entry portal for viruses such as HIV-1, PRRSV, and SARS-CoV-2, and its interferon-inducible expression correlates with both protective immunity and disease severity in infections, cancer, and chronic inflammatory disorders.