IL-9

IL-9 is an immunoregulatory cytokine produced by IL-2 activated Th2 lymphocytes. IL-9 enhances the proliferation of T lymphocytes, mast cells, erthroid precursor cells and megakaryoblastic leukemia cell lines. Over-expression of IL-9 has been implicated in the pathogenesis of anaplastic lymphoma and Hodgkin's disease. Whereas murine IL-9 can function on human cells, human IL-9 is inactive on mouse cells. Recombinant human IL-9 is a 14.0 kDa protein of 127 amino acid residues including 10 cysteine residues which are fully conserved between the human murine proteins.

Product Specifications

Synonyms

IL9; P40; HP40; IL-9

NCBI Gene ID

3578

UniProt

P15248

Accession Number

NP_00581.1

Accession Number mRNA

NM_000590.1

Chromosomal Location

5q31.1

Reactivity

Human

Cross Reactivity

Human, Mouse

Sequence

MQGCPTLAGI LDINFLINKM QEDPASKCHC SANVTSCLCL GIPSDNCTRP CFSERLSQMT NTTMQTRYPL IFSRVKKSVE VLKNNKCPYF SCEQPCNQTT AGNALTFLKS LLEIFQKEKM RGMRGKI

Endotoxin

< 0.1 ng/µg of protein (< 1EU/µg)

Purity

> 98% by SDS-PAGE & HPLC analyses

Bioactivity

The ED50 as determined by the dose-dependent proliferation of human M07e cells was ≤ 0.2 ng/ml, corresponding to a specific activity of ≥ 5 x 106 units/mg.