Table 1

Primary antibody and antibody/fluorochrome-conjugates against various immune mediators, B. burgdorferi, and cell phenotypes

MEDIATOR/CELL TYPE
PRIMARY AB/SOURCE
ISOTYPE
DILUTION/CONCENTR.

IL-6
anti-human IL-6
(Abcam Inc. Cambridge, MA)
Rabbit IgG
1:1000

IL-8
anti-human IL-8
RDI Flanders, NJ
Rabbit IgG
10 μg/ml

CCL2
anti-human CCL2
(BD)
Mouse IgG1
10 μg/ml



anti-human CCL2
(Abcam)
Rabbit IgG
1:10

CXCL13
anti-human CXCL13
(R&D)
goat IgG
5 μg/ml

B. burgdorferi
anti-whole cell preparation
(Accurate Chemicals, Westbury, NY)
Rabbit IgG
1:250



anti- B. burgdorferi-FITC
(Kirkegaard and Perry, Gaithersburg, MD)
Goat
1:10

Astrocyte
anti-human GFAP-cy3
(Sigma St Louis, MO)
Mouse IgG1
1:200



anti-human GFAP
(Sigma)
Mouse IgG1
1:200

Astrocyte, Oligodendrocyte, Schwann cell, satellite cell
anti-bovine S-100
(Sigma)
Rabbit IgG
1:1000

Microglia
anti-Iba1 synthetic peptide
(Wako Pure Chemicals, Richmond, VA)
Rabbit IgG
1:100

Endothelial cells
anti-human GLUT-1
(Chemicon)
Rabbit IgG
1:50

Neuron
anti-mouse NeuN
(Chemicon)
Mouse IgG1
1:20

T cell
anti-human CD3
(Dako, Carpinteria, CA)
Mouse IgG2a
1:10

B cell
anti-human CD20
(Dako)
Mouse IgG1
1:200

Macrophage
anti-human CD68
(Dako)
Mouse IgG1
1:50

Ramesh et al. Journal of Neuroinflammation 2009 6:23   doi:10.1186/1742-2094-6-23

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