Recombinant Murine IL-1β

Product Details

Catalogue Number: 211-11B

Description:

IL-1β is a proinflammatory cytokine produced in a variety of cells, including monocytes, tissue macrophages, keratinocytes, and other epithelial cells. Both IL-1α and IL-1β bind to the same receptor and have similar, if not identical, biological properties. These cytokines have a broad range of activities including the stimulation of thymocyte proliferation by inducing IL-2 release, B cell maturation and proliferation, mitogenic FGF-like activity, and the release of prostaglandin and collagenase from synovial cells. However, whereas IL-1β is a secreted cytokine, IL-1α is predominantly a cell-associated cytokine. Recombinant Murine IL-1β is a 17.5 kDa protein containing 153 amino acid residues.

Source: E.coli

Synonyms: Catabolin, Lymphocyte-activating factor (LAF), Endogenous Pyrogen (EP), Leukocyte Endogenous Mediator (LEM), Mononuclear Cell Factor (MCF)

AA Sequence: MVPIRQLHYR LRDEQQKSLV LSDPYELKAL HLNGQNINQQ VIFSMSFVQG EPSNDKIPVA LGLKGKNLYL SCVMKDGTPT LQLESVDPKQ YPKKKMEKRF VFNKIEVKSK VEFESAEFPN WYISTSQAEH KPVFLGNNSG QDIIDFTMES VSS

Purity: ≥ 98% by SDS-PAGE gel and HPLC analyses.

Biological Activity: The ED₅₀ as determined by the dose-dependent stimulation of murine D10S cells is ≤ 0.002 ng/ml, corresponding to a specific activity of ≥ 5 x 10⁸ units/mg.