Kategorie: Cytokines
Formulation: solution
Storage: -20°C
Weight: 23.1 kD
Purity: >95%
Description: Cytokine with a wide variety of biological functions. It is a potent inducer of the acute phase response. Plays an essential role in the final differentiation of B-cells into Ig-secreting cells Involved in lymphocyte and monocyte differentiation. It induces myeloma and plasmacytoma growth and induces nerve cells differentiation Acts on B-cells, T-cells, hepatocytes, hematopoeitic progenitor cells and cells of the CNS. Also acts as a myokine. It is discharged into the bloodstream after muscle contraction and acts to increase the breakdown of fats and to improve insulin resistance. (www.uniprot.org) Produced in E.coli as a single, non-glycosylated, polypeptide chain containing 184 amino acids (fragment 29-211) with an amino-terminal hexahistidine tag.
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