Human GM-CSF / CSF2 recombinant protein

Human GM-CSF / CSF2 recombinant protein

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Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) is one of an array of cytokines with pivotal roles in embryo implantation and subsequent development. Several cell lineages in the reproductive tract and gestational tissues synthesise GM-CSF under direction by ovarian steroid hormones and signalling agents originating in male seminal fluid and the conceptus. The pre-implantation embryo, invading placental trophoblast cells and the abundant populations of leukocytes controlling maternal immune tolerance are all subject to GM-CSF regulation. GM-CSF stimulates the differentiation of hematopoietic progenitors to monocytes and neutrophils, and reduces the risk for febrile neutropenia in cancer patients. GM-CSF also has been shown to induce the differentiation of myeloid dendritic cells (DCs) that promote the development of T-helper type 1 (cellular) immune responses in cognate T cells. The active form of the protein is found extracellularly as a homodimer, and the encoding gene is localized to a related gene cluster at chromosome region 5q31 which is known to be associated with 5q-syndrome and acute myelogenous leukemia. As a part of the immune/inflammatory cascade, GM-CSF promotes Th1 biased immune response, angiogenesis, allergic inflammation, and the development of autoimmunity, and thus worthy of consideration for therapeutic target. GM-CSF has been utilized in the clinical management of multiple disease processes. Most recently, GM-CSF has been incorporated into the treatment of malignancies as a sole therapy, as well as a vaccine adjuvant. While the benefits of GM-CSF in this arena have been promising, recent reports have suggested the potential for GM-CSF to induce immune suppression and, thus, negatively impact outcomes in the management of cancer patients. GM-CSF deficiency in pregnancy adversely impacts fetal and placental development, as well as progeny viability and growth after birth, highlighting this cytokine as a central maternal determinant of pregnancy outcome with clinical relevance in human fertility.

Granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor

MGI-IGM; CSF2; MGC138897; GM-CSF; MGC131935; GMCSF; CSFGM; MGC151255; MGC151257

P04141

CSF2; GMCSF

Human Cells

A DNA sequence encoding human GMCSF (NP_000749.2) (Met1-Glu144) was expressed.

Human

The recombinant human GMCSF consists of 127 amino acids and predicts a molecular mass of 14.5 kDa. It migrates as an approximately 23.8 kDa band in SDS-PAGE under reducing conditions.

> 90 % as determined by SDS-PAGE

Measured in a cell proliferation assay using TF-1 human erythroleukemic cells.
The ED₅₀ for this effect is typically 0.1-0.6 ng/ml.