Human Macrophage Colony Stimulating Factor | 90215-A

Human Macrophage Colony Stimulating Factor | 90215-A | Gentaur US, UK & Europe Disrtribition

Category: Cytokine

Application: N/A

Background: M-CSF is produced by monocytes, granulocytes, endothelial cells, and fibroblasts. After cell activation, B-cells and T- cells and also a number of tumor cell lines are capable also of synthesizing this factor. M-CSF has been found to be synthesized by uterine epithelial cells in vivo. The M-CSF receptor (CD115) is identical with the proto-oncogene fms. The receptor is a transmembrane protein with an extracellular ligand-binding domain of 512 amino acids, an intramembrane domain of 25 amino acids, and a cytoplasmic domain of 435 amino acids encoding a tyrosine kinase. Human M-CSF is active in mouse and rat cells. The murine factor is active in rat cells but inactive in human cells. M-CSF is a specific factor in that the proliferation inducing activity is more or less restricted to the macrophage lineage. M-CSF is a potent stimulator of functional activities of monocytes.

Description: Recombinant Human M-CSF is a disulfide-linked homodimeric protein consisting of two 149 amino acid residues, and migrates as an approximately 42 kDa protein under non-reducing and as 20-21 kDa under reducing conditions in SDS-PAGE. Optimized DNA sequence encoding Human M-CSF extracellular domain was expressed in E. coli.

Product Type: Protein

Shippement Condition: gel packs or dry ice