Cleaved-CASP4 p20 (Q81) Polyclonal Antibody

This gene encodes a member of the cysteine proteases that plays important roles in apoptosis, cell migration and the inflammatory response. The encoded protein mediates production of pro-inflammatory cytokines by macrophages upon bacterial infection. Mice lacking the encoded protein are resistant to endotoxic shock induced by lipopolysaccharide. A 5-bp deletion encompassing a splice acceptor junction resulting in alternate splicing and a shorter non-functional isoform in certain mouse strains has been described. Although its official nomenclature is "caspase 4, apoptosis-related cysteine peptidase", this gene and its encoded protein have historically been called caspase 11. This gene is present in a cluster of three caspase genes on chromosome 9.

Apoptotic cysteine protease Mih1/TX; CASP-4; CASP4; CASP4; Caspase 4 apoptosis related cysteine peptidase; Caspase-4 subunit 2; Caspase4; ICE (rel) -II; ICE (rel) II; ICEREL II; ICH2; Mih1/TX; Protease ICH-2; Protease TX; TX