About CD14
The protein encoded by this gene is a surface antigen that is preferentially expressed on monocytes/macrophages. It cooperates with other proteins to mediate the innate immune response to bacterial lipopolysaccharide, and to viruses. This gene has been identified as a target candidate in the treatment of SARS-CoV-2-infected patients to potentially lessen or inhibit a severe inflammatory response. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding the same protein. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2020]

About Spark Blue 550
Spark Blue™ 550 from Biolegend is a fluorophore designed for spectral flow cytometry with an excitation peak at 516 nm and an emission peak at 540 nm. This fluorophore is an alternative to Alexa Fluor™ 532 and can be efficiently excited by the 488 nm laser and can be unmixed from FITC and PE.