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HPA018467

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Anti-IL16 antibody produced in rabbit

enhanced validation

Prestige Antibodies® Powered by Atlas Antibodies, affinity isolated antibody, buffered aqueous glycerol solution

Synonym(s):

Anti-IL-16, Anti-Interleukin-16, Anti-LCF, Anti-Lymphocyte chemoattractant factor

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About This Item

MDL number:
UNSPSC Code:
12352203
Human Protein Atlas Number:
NACRES:
NA.41

biological source

rabbit

Quality Level

conjugate

unconjugated

antibody form

affinity isolated antibody

antibody product type

primary antibodies

clone

polyclonal

product line

Prestige Antibodies® Powered by Atlas Antibodies

form

buffered aqueous glycerol solution

species reactivity

human

enhanced validation

orthogonal RNAseq
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technique(s)

immunofluorescence: 0.25-2 μg/mL
immunohistochemistry: 1:500-1:1000

immunogen sequence

QRARSFPLTRSQSCETKLLDEKTSKLYSISSQVSSAVMKSLLCLPSSISCAQTPCIPKEGASPTSSSNEDSAANGSAETSALDTGFSLNLSELREYTEGLTEAKEDDDG

UniProt accession no.

shipped in

wet ice

storage temp.

−20°C

target post-translational modification

unmodified

Gene Information

human ... IL16(3603)

General description

The pro-interleukin-16 (IL16) gene is mapped to human chromosome 15q26.3. IL16 mRNA is present particularly in leukocytes. It is produced as a large precursor protein which is cleaved by caspase-3 and released as a carboxyl-terminal 121-amino acid fragment. It was formerly called as lymphocyte chemoattractant factor.

Immunogen

Interleukin-16 Precursor recombinant protein epitope signature tag (PrEST)

Application

All Prestige Antibodies Powered by Atlas Antibodies are developed and validated by the Human Protein Atlas (HPA) project and as a result, are supported by the most extensive characterization in the industry.

The Human Protein Atlas project can be subdivided into three efforts: Human Tissue Atlas, Cancer Atlas, and Human Cell Atlas. The antibodies that have been generated in support of the Tissue and Cancer Atlas projects have been tested by immunohistochemistry against hundreds of normal and disease tissues and through the recent efforts of the Human Cell Atlas project, many have been characterized by immunofluorescence to map the human proteome not only at the tissue level but now at the subcellular level. These images and the collection of this vast data set can be viewed on the Human Protein Atlas (HPA) site by clicking on the Image Gallery link. We also provide Prestige Antibodies® protocols and other useful information.

Biochem/physiol Actions

Pro-interleukin-16 (IL16) is a multifunctional cytokine with roles in inflammation and autoimmune diseases. IL16 binds CD4 receptor and can activate CD4+ T cells, monocytes, macrophages, eosinophils and dendritic cells. Also, it stimulates monocyte to secrete tumor-associated inflammatory cytokines tumor necrosis factor-α, IL-1β, IL-6 and IL-15 which are associated with tumorigenesis. During human T cell leukemia virus type-1 (HTLV-1) infection, the HTLV-1 TAX oncoprotein binds precursor IL16 and causes G1/S phase progression in lymphocytes. Single nucleotide polymorphism in IL16 is associated with increased risk of glioma, non-cardia gastric cancer, nasopharyngeal carcinoma and colorectal cancer.

Features and Benefits

Prestige Antibodies® are highly characterized and extensively validated antibodies with the added benefit of all available characterization data for each target being accessible via the Human Protein Atlas portal linked just below the product name at the top of this page. The uniqueness and low cross-reactivity of the Prestige Antibodies® to other proteins are due to a thorough selection of antigen regions, affinity purification, and stringent selection. Prestige antigen controls are available for every corresponding Prestige Antibody and can be found in the linkage section.

Every Prestige Antibody is tested in the following ways:
  • IHC tissue array of 44 normal human tissues and 20 of the most common cancer type tissues.
  • Protein array of 364 human recombinant protein fragments.

Linkage

Corresponding Antigen APREST74086

Physical form

Solution in phosphate-buffered saline, pH 7.2, containing 40% glycerol and 0.02% sodium azide

Legal Information

Prestige Antibodies is a registered trademark of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Disclaimer

Unless otherwise stated in our catalog or other company documentation accompanying the product(s), our products are intended for research use only and are not to be used for any other purpose, which includes but is not limited to, unauthorized commercial uses, in vitro diagnostic uses, ex vivo or in vivo therapeutic uses or any type of consumption or application to humans or animals.

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Storage Class Code

10 - Combustible liquids

WGK

WGK 1

Flash Point(F)

Not applicable

Flash Point(C)

Not applicable


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Cui-Ju Mo et al.
Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP, 15(11), 4697-4703 (2014-06-28)
Interleukin-16 (IL-16) is a multifunctional cytokine which plays a key role in inflammatory and autoimmune diseases as well as in cancer. Genetic polymorphisms of IL-16 have been implicated in susceptibility to cancer. However, associations remain inconclusive. The present meta-analysis was
Dorota Purzycka-Bohdan et al.
PloS one, 11(10), e0165577-e0165577 (2016-10-28)
Interleukin 16 (IL-16) has been described as a significant cytokine involved in the recruitment of CD4+ cells during inflammation; however, its potential role in psoriasis has not been defined. Our aim was to investigate the IL-16 serum levels and IL-16
Tao Zhang et al.
Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP, 14(9), 5269-5273 (2013-11-02)
We conducted a case-control matched study to investigate the role of IL-16 gene polymorphisms, rs4072111, rs1131445, rs4778889 and rs11556218, in the risk of gastric cancer in a Chinese population, also performing subgroup analysis by subsites. To test the hypothesis of
Qi-Sheng Luo et al.
Genetic testing and molecular biomarkers, 18(10), 711-714 (2014-08-29)
Previous studies have shown that interleukin (IL)-16 is overexpressed in human and rat gliomas. Potential links between IL-16 polymorphisms and glioma risk are currently unclear. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between IL-16 polymorphisms and glioma
Norbert Bannert et al.
The Journal of biological chemistry, 278(43), 42190-42199 (2003-08-19)
The cytokine interleukin-16 is generated by posttranscriptional cleavage by caspase-3 of two large precursor isoforms. The smaller protein of 67 kDa (pro-IL-16) is expressed in cells of the immune system and contains three PDZ (postsynaptic density/disc large/zona occludens-1) domains, whereas

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