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 NIR 685
Spark NIR® 685 from Biolegend is a fluorophore designed for spectral flow cytometry with an excitation peak at 633 nm and an emission peak at 685 nm. This fluorophore is an alternative to Alexa Fluor™ 660 and can be efficiently excited by the 633 nm laser and can be unmixed from Alexa Fluor™ 647 and Alexa Fluor™ 700.