HUMAN (Actin) Peptide Pool

The HUMAN (Actin) Peptide Pool consists of 92 overlapping peptides derived from a peptide scan through Actin, alpha skeletal muscle (UniProt ID: P68133) of Homo sapiens. The peptides are 15mers that overlap by 11 amino acids. One unit of HUMAN (Actin) Peptide Pool allows the stimulation of 2,5 x 10^8 cells. Actin is a ubiquitously expressed protein and therefore an excellent negative control for T cell assays. Relevant controls are critical for measuring antigen-specific responses as they allow accurate interpretation of test results. The HUMAN (Actin) Peptide Pool can rule out non-specific binding of peptides to the tested T cells, while a negative control with medium detects general background signals. Examples of publications where actin was used as a negative control: Baker FL, et al.: Exercise mobilizes diverse antigen specific T-cells and elevates neutralizing antibodies in humans with natural immunity to SARS CoV-2. Brain Behav Immun Health. 2023 Mar,28:100600. doi: 10.1016/j.bbih.2023.100600. Sweeney, E et al.: Photothermal Prussian blue nanoparticles generate potent multi-targeted tumor-specific T cells as an adoptive cell therapy. Bioeng Transl Med. 2023,e10639. doi.org/10.1002/btm2.10639. Roy, P et al.: Immunodominant MHC-II (Major Histocompatibility Complex II) Restricted Epitopes in Human Apolipoprotein B. Circ Res. 2022 Jul 22,131(3):258-276. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.122.321116. Lasagna, Angioletta et al. "The immunogenicity and the safety of the adjuvanted glycoprotein E (gE)-based recombinant vaccine against herpes zoster (RZV) in cancer patients during immunotherapy."Human vaccines & immunotherapeutics vol. 19,3 (2023): 2288282. doi:10.1080/21645515.2023.2288282 Protein function: Actins are highly conserved proteins that are involved in various types of cell motility and are ubiquitously expressed in all eukaryotic cells. [The UniProt Consortium]