Anti-TGF beta 2/TGFB2 Antibody Picoband®

This gene encodes a secreted ligand of the TGF-beta (transforming growth factor-beta) superfamily of proteins. Ligands of this family bind various TGF-beta receptors leading to recruitment and activation of SMAD family transcription factors that regulate gene expression. The encoded preproprotein is proteolytically processed to generate a latency-associated peptide (LAP) and a mature peptide, and is found in either a latent form composed of a mature peptide homodimer, a LAP homodimer, and a latent TGF-beta binding protein, or in an active form consisting solely of the mature peptide homodimer. The mature peptide may also form heterodimers with other TGF-beta family members. Disruption of the TGF-beta/SMAD pathway has been implicated in a variety of human cancers. A chromosomal translocation that includes this gene is associated with Peters' anomaly, a congenital defect of the anterior chamber of the eye. Mutations in this gene may be associated with Loeys-Dietz syndrome. This gene encodes multiple isoforms that may undergo similar proteolytic processing.

Transforming growth factor beta-2; TGF-beta-2; BSC-1 cell growth inhibitor; Cetermin; Glioblastoma-derived T-cell suppressor factor; G-TSF; Polyergin; Latency-associated peptide; LAP; TGFB2

Angiogenesis, Cancer, Cancer Metabolism, Cardiovascular, Developmental Biology, Growth Factors, Growth Factors/Hormones, Invasion/Microenvironment, Metabolism, Metabolism Processes, Organogenesis, Pathways and Processes, Response To Hypoxia, Secreted, Signal Transduction, Signaling Pathways, Stem Cells, TGF Beta

1. Noma T, Glick AB, Geiser AG, et al. (1992) . Molecular cloning and structure of the human transforming growth factor-beta 2 gene promoter. Growth Factors. 4 (4) : 247–55. 2. Webb NR, Madisen L, Rose TM, Purchio AF (1989) . Structural and sequence analysis of TGF-beta 2 cDNA clones predicts two different precursor proteins produced by alternative mRNA splicing. DNA. 7 (7) : 493–7.

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.