Anti-IL15 Antibody Picoband®

Interleukin (IL) -15 is a cytokine with the ability to stimulate the proliferation activity of Th1 and/or Th2 lymphocytes. This gene is mapped to human chromosome 4q31 by fluorescence in situ hybridization. IL-15 is a novel cytokine whose effects on T-cell activation and proliferation are similar to those of interleukin-2 (IL-2), presumably because IL-15 utilizes the beta and gamma chains of the IL-2 receptor. IL-15 can play a role in the initiation and outcome of acute and chronic rejection. Anti-IL-15 therapy in combination with classic immunosuppression therapy might be beneficial in the prevention of acute, and especially chronic, allograft rejection.

E.coli-derived human IL-15 recombinant protein (Position: N49-S162) . Human IL-15 shares 70% amino acid (aa) sequence identity with both mouse and rat IL-15.

Most abundant in placenta and skeletal muscle. It is also detected in the heart, lung, liver and kidney. IL15- S21AA is preferentially expressed in tissues such as testis and thymus.

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Cytokine that stimulates the proliferation of T- lymphocytes. Stimulation by IL-15 requires interaction of IL-15 with components of IL-2R, including IL-2R beta and probably IL-2R gamma but not IL-2R alpha.

1. Anderson, D. M.; Johnson, L.; Glaccum, M. B.; Copeland, N. G.; Gilbert, D. J.; Jenkins, N. A.; Valentine, V.; Kirstein, M. N.; Shapiro, D. N.; Morris, S. W.; Grabstein, K.; Cosman, D. Chromosomal assignment and genomic structure of IL15. Genomics 25: 701-706, 1995. 2. Conti F, Frappier J, Dharancy S, Chereau C, Houssin D, Weill B, Calmus Y. Interleukin-15 production during liver allograft rejection in humans. Transplantation. 2003 Jul 15;76 (1) :210-6.

Store at -20°C for one year from date of receipt. After reconstitution, at 4°C for one month. It can also be aliquotted and stored frozen at -20°C for six months. Avoid repeated freeze-thaw cycles.