Anti-LIF Antibody Picoband®

LIF is a pleiotropic cytokine produced at the maternal-fetal interface which has been shown to play an essential role in implantation in mice. This gene is mapped to 22q11-q12.2, between the Philadelphia translocation BCR gene and the breakpoint of the translocation in cell line GM2324 at 22q12.2. LIF is produced in high amounts by the human endometrium and the trophoblast itself, and LIF receptors are present on cytotrophoblast cells. LIF could, thus, play a role in modulating HLA-G production and immune tolerance at the maternal-fetal interface.

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LIF has the capacity to induce terminal differentiation in leukemic cells. Its activities include the induction of hematopoietic differentiation in normal and myeloid leukemia cells, the induction of neuronal cell differentiation, and the stimulation of acute-phase protein synthesis in hepatocytes.

1. Bamberger, A.-M., Jenatschke, S., Schulte, H. M., Loning, T., Bamberger, C. M. Leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) stimulates the human HLA-G promoter in JEG3 choriocarcinoma cells. J. Clin. Endocr. Metab. 85: 3932-3936, 2000. 2. Sutherland, G. R., Baker, E., Hyland, V. J., Callen, D. F., Stahl, J., Gough, N. M. The gene for human leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) maps to 22q12. Leukemia 3: 9-13, 1989.

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.