Cancers including breast, lung, colon and prostate account for almost ten million deaths worldwide every year. The main cause of cancer deaths is metastasis, which is the propensity of cancer cells to spread throughout the body.
5A6 is monoclonal antibody (mAbs) which recognizes human CD81. It was identified by its ability to induce a reversible antiproliferative effect on a human lymphoma B cell line. This mAbs is capable of inducing signal signal transduction and cell adhesion.