Colony stimulating factors (CSFs) were initially characterized by their ability to stimulate in vitro colony formation by hematopoietic progenitor cells in semisolid media. Several of these CSFs have been assigned an interleukin number, while three (GM-CSF, G-CSF and M-CSF) have retained their CSF designations. The human granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) is a pleiotropic cytokine with a 17 amino acid signal peptide that is cleaved to produce the mature form of 127 amino acids. The mature murine GM-CSF protein is 124 amino acids and shares 60% homology with the human GM-CSF protein. GM-CSF is a glycoprotein that can stimulate the proliferation of hematopoietic cells including granulocytes and macrophages. It has been shown to promote the phosphorylation of cPLA2 in human neutrophils. The phosphorylation of cPLA2 may be accompanied by an increase in enzyme activity.
Key Feature
Clonality
Polyclonal
Isotype
IgG
Host Species
Rabbit
Tested Applications
WBIPIFELISA
recommended for detection of GM-CSF of r and h origin by WB, IP, IF and ELISA
Species Reactivity
HumanMouseRat
Concentration
1mg/ml
Purification
Affinity purified
Target Information
Alternative Names
epitope corresponding to amino acids 1-144 representing full length GM-CSF of human origin
Tissue Specificity
epitope corresponding to amino acids 1-144 representing full length GM-CSF of human origin