IL-4 Polyclonal Antibody

The protein encoded by this gene is a pleiotropic cytokine produced by activated T cells. This cytokine is a ligand for interleukin 4 receptor. The interleukin 4 receptor also binds to IL13, which may contribute to many overlapping functions of this cytokine and IL13. STAT6, a signal transducer and activator of transcription, has been shown to play a central role in mediating the immune regulatory signal of this cytokine. This gene, IL3, IL5, IL13, and CSF2 form a cytokine gene cluster on chromosome 5q, with this gene particularly close to IL13. This gene, IL13 and IL5 are found to be regulated coordinately by several long-range regulatory elements in an over 120 kilobase range on the chromosome. Two alternatively spliced transcript variants of this gene encoding distinct isoforms have been reported. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008].

B cell growth factor 1; B cell IgG dferentiation factor; B Cell Stimulatory Factor 1; BCGF 1; BCGF1; Binetrakin; BSF 1; BSF1; HCGF; Hodgkin’s Cell Growth Factor; IA Inducing Factor; IGG1 induction factor; IL 4; Il4e12; Interleukin 4; Interleukin 4, isoform 1; Interleukin4; Lymphocyte stimulatory factor 1; Macrophage fusion factor; Mast cell growth factor 2; MCGF2; MFF; MGC79402; Pitrakinra; T cell growth factor 2; TCGF2; IL4_HUMAN; Interleukin-4; IL-4; B-cell stimulatory factor 1; BSF-1.