Biotinylated Anti-IL5 antibody (DMC274) ; IgG1 Chimeric mAb

This gene encodes a cytokine that acts as a growth and differentiation factor for both B cells and eosinophils. The encoded cytokine plays a major role in the regulation of eosinophil formation; maturation; recruitment and survival. The increased production of this cytokine may be related to pathogenesis of eosinophil-dependent inflammatory diseases. This cytokine functions by binding to its receptor; which is a heterodimer; whose beta subunit is shared with the receptors for interleukine 3 (IL3) and colony stimulating factor 2 (CSF2:GM-CSF) . This gene is located on chromosome 5 within a cytokine gene cluster which includes interleukin 4 (IL4) ; interleukin 13 (IL13) ; and CSF2 . This gene; IL4; and IL13 may be regulated coordinately by long-range regulatory elements spread over 120 kilobases on chromosome 5q31.