HET

IL-15 is an immunomodulating cytokine that stimulates the proliferation of T lymphocytes and shares many biological properties with IL-2. IL-15 exerts its biological activites primarily on T cells. It is also essential in the development, survival and activation of NK cells. Increased expression of IL-15 has been implicated with rheumatoid arthritis, inflammatory bowl disease and diseases affiliated with retroviruses HIV and HTLV-I. Human IL-15 is biologically active on mouse cells as measured by the dose-dependent stimulation of the proliferation of mouse CTLL cells. Recombinant murine IL-15 is a 13.3 kDa protein consisting of 115 amino acid residues.

Il15; IL-15; AI503618

16168

P48346

NP_032383.1

NM_008357

8 C2; 8 38.0 cM

Mouse

Human, Mouse, Rat

MNWIDVRYDL EKIESLIQSI HIDTTLYTDS DFHPSCKVTA MNCFLLELQV ILHEYSNMTL NETVRNVLYL ANSTLSSNKN VAESGCKECE ELEEKTFTEF LQSFIRIVQM FINTS

< 0.1 ng/µg of protein (< 1EU/µg)

> 98% by SDS-PAGE & HPLC analyses

The ED50 was determined by the stimulation of the proliferation of murine CTLL-2 cells is < 5.0 ng/ml, corresponding to a specific activity of > 2 x 105 units/mg.

115

Lyophilized

13.3 kDa

E. coli