Cellular Responses and Anti-Viral Pathways
Once you’ve studied the entry points and how SARS-CoV-2 attacks cells, you’re ready to shift your focus onto the immune cell response. In order to gauge an effective immune response, it is critical to characterize the cellular immune response, particularly T cells. We have developed unique tools: MojoSort™ kits for the isolation of desired populations; MHC monomers pre-loaded with SARS-CoV-2 peptides for antigen-specific T cell studies; and antibodies to detect key components of anti-viral pathways. BioLegend provides key tools for discovering how cells work together to dismantle
SARS-CoV-2.
Our SARS-CoV-2 Reactive T cell Kit offers a flow-based solution for detecting T cells activated in response to SARS-CoV-2 peptide stimulation through detection of activated LFA-1 (CD11a/CD18) on the cell surface.
This comprehensive kit comes with lyophilized antibodies, positive controls (including a SARS-CoV-2 peptide pool), and critical buffers needed to complete the experiment. Each test is conveniently packaged in a single pouch, facilitating a simplified workflow. It also provides a backbone of a multicolor antibody cocktail for gating CD4+, CD8+ T cells. All of the analyzed markers are on the cell surface, so cell fixation/permeabilization procedures that can lead to significant cell loss and increased assay time are not required.
Representative Data
SARS-CoV-2 Reactive T cell Kit used on whole blood samples collected from a patient with no prior history or without vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 (negative control, top row) or vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2 (SARS-CoV-2, bottom row). From left to right: specific gating on CD4+ and CD8+ events to identify LFA-1+ cells within each respective population. Partial data set is shown here; full representative data is available on product details page.
Our new SARS-CoV-2-specific Flex-T™ MHC reagents simplify your protocol and save time. Each HLA monomer comes ready-to-use with fixed relevant SARS-CoV-2 peptides, removing the need for a peptide exchange step and allowing you to track T cells for potential vaccine candidates. Learn more with our Flex-T™ webpage.
MojoSort™ Kits allow you to use magnetic nanoparticles to quickly isolate cells of interest with high purity and yield. Based on our testing, cells isolated with MojoSort™ reagents retain functionality for downstream applications. Find kits for T cells, B cells, NK cells, and Monocytes.
Recombinant Cytokines and Growth Factors are critical for eliciting cellular responses, including proliferation, differentiation, and cytokine production. Explore our recombinant proteins, which include many key cytokines in the host cell response to SARS-CoV-2.
We offer many antibodies to detect important mediators involved in anti-viral pathways, including Toll-like receptors, STATs, NF-κB, and interferon regulatory factors. Our anti-viral pathway reagents have been validated in applications like western blotting, flow cytometry, functional assays, ChIP, and microscopy.
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Our comprehensive flow cytometry portfolio will help characterize any cell type, including those relevant to study anti-viral and SARS-CoV-2 immune responses. For those looking to detect various classes of human immunoglobulins, we also offer a selection of anti-human secondary reagents, which could be used to detect virus specific antibodies.
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