Product Description

Recombinant Swine IL-1 Receptor Antagonist

IL-1RA is a member of the interleukin 1 cytokine family. IL-1RA is secreted by various types of cells including immune cells, epithelial cells, and adipocytes, and is a natural inhibitor of the pro-inflammatory effect of IL-1. This protein inhibits the activities of interleukin 1, alpha (IL-1A) and interleukin 1, beta (IL-1B), and modulates a variety of interleukin 1 related immune and inflammatory responses. This gene and five other closely related cytokine genes form a gene cluster spanning approximately 400 kb on chromosome 2. Four alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms have been reported.