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Designing a Western blot for IL27? The guide has the expected band size, antibodies backed by real blot images, the controls to run alongside, and protocols taken from published papers.
Open the IL27 Western Blot GuideFacts about Interleukin-27 subunit alpha.
Among its target cells are CD4 T-helper cells which can differentiate in type 1 effector cells (TH1), type 2 effector cells (TH2) and IL17 producing helper T-cells (TH17). It drives rapid clonal expansion of naive but not memory CD4 T-cells.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | IL27 |
| Uniprot: | Q8NEV9 |
| Entrez: | 246778 |

| Belongs to: |
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| IL-6 superfamily |

IL-27 p28 subunit; IL-27 subunit alpha; IL27; IL-27; IL27A; IL-27-A; IL27-A; IL27p28; IL30; interleukin 27; interleukin 30; interleukin-27 subunit alpha; MGC71873; p28IL-27A
Mass (kDA):
27.493 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 16p12.1-p11.2 |
| Sequence: | 16; NC_000016.10 (28499362..28526730, complement) |
Expressed in monocytes and in placenta.
Secreted. Does not seem to be secreted without coexpression of EBI3.





PMID: 12121660 by Pflanz S., et al. IL-27, a heterodimeric cytokine composed of EBI3 and p28 protein, induces proliferation of naive CD4(+) T cells.
PMID: 14565860 by Hibbert L., et al. IL-27 and IFN-alpha signal via Stat1 and Stat3 and induce T-Bet and IL-12Rbeta2 in naive T cells.
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