| Description : |
Interleukin-4 (IL-4) is a pleiotropic cytokine regulates diverse T and B cell responses including cell proliferation, survival, and gene expression. It has important effects on the growth and differentiation of different immunologically competent cells. Interleukin-4 is produced by mast cells, T cells, and bone marrow stromal cells. IL-4 regulates the differentiation of native CD4+ T cells (Th0 cells) into helper Th2 cells, and regulates the immunoglobulin class switching to the IgG1 and IgE isotypes. IL-4 has numerous important biological functions including stimulating B-cells activation, T-cell proliferation and CD4+ T-cells differentiation to Th2 cells. It is a key regulator in hormone control and adaptive immunity. IL-4 also plays a major role in inflammation response and wound repair via activation of macrophage into M2 cells. IL-4 is stabilized by three disulphide bonds forming a compact globular protein structure. Four alpha-helix bundle with left-handed twist is dominated half of the protein structure with 2 overhand connections and fall into a 2-stranded anti-parallel beta sheet. |
| Source : |
CHO Cells |
| Species : |
Porcine |
| Form : |
Lyophilized after extensive dialysis against PBS. |
| Bio-activity : |
ED50< 0.25 ng/ml, measured in a cell proliferation assay using tf-1 human erythroleukemic cells, corresponding to a specific activity of>4 x 106 units/mg |
| Molecular Mass : |
15kDa, observed by reducing SDS-PAGE |
| AA Sequence : |
His25-Cys133, expressed with an N-terminal Met. |
| Endotoxin : |
<0.2 eu/μg, determined by lal> |
| Purity : |
>95% as analyzed by SDS-PAGE and HPLC. |
| Storage : |
Lyophilized recombinant protein remains stable up to 6 months at -80°C from date of receipt. Upon reconstitution, rpIL-4 should be stable up to 1 week at 4°C or up to 2 months at -20°C. |
| Reconstitution : |
Reconstituted in ddH2O or PBS at 100 μg/ml. |
