About CD169
This gene encodes a member of the immunoglobulin superfamily. The encoded protein is a lectin-like adhesion molecule that binds glycoconjugate ligands on cell surfaces in a sialic acid-dependent manner. It is a type I transmembrane protein expressed only by a subpopulation of macrophages and is involved in mediating cell-cell interactions. Alternative splicing produces a transcript variant encoding an isoform that is soluble rather than membrane-bound; however, the full-length nature of this variant has not been determined. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

About Brilliant Blue 700
Horizon Brilliant™ Blue 700 (BB700) from BD Biosciences is a tandem dye of BB515. It has an excitation peak at 484 nm and an emission peak at 695 nm, making it spectrally comparable to PerCP-Cy5.5.