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Flow cytometric analysis of PE anti-human IL-21 on stimulated and non-stimulated PBMC. Human PBMC were cultured with media alone (left panel) or stimulated with PMA/Ionomycin in the presence of BD GolgiStop™ (Cat. No. 554724) for 5 hours (right panel). Cells were then fixed with BD Cytofix™ Fixation Buffer (Cat. No. 554655), and stored in BD Pharmingen™ Stain Buffer (FBS) (Cat. No. 554656) at 4°C overnight. The cells were then permeabilized using BD Perm/Wash™ Perm/Wash Buffer (Cat. No. 554723) followed by staining with APC Mouse Anti-Human CD4 (clone RPA-T4, Cat. No. 555349) and PE anti-human IL-21. The dot plots were derived from gated lymphocytes. Flow cytometry was performed on a BD FACSCanto™ System.
BD Pharmingen™ PE Mouse anti-Human IL-21
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Human Interleukin-21 (IL-21) is a member of the type I cytokine family that is encoded by a gene resident on chromosome 4. The mature form of human IL-21 is a 131 amino acid protein. IL-21 is produced by activated NKT and multiple CD4+ T cell subsets including effector memory and central memory CD4+ T cells and differentiated T helper cell subsets polarized towards Th17 cell and T follicular helper (Tfh) phenotypes. IL-21 plays important protective roles in the regulation of hematopoiesis and both innate and adaptive immune responses and adverse roles in promoting autoimmunity. IL-21 costimulates the proliferation and differentiation of CD4+ T cells. It enhances the proliferation of and cytotoxicity mediated by natural killer (NK) cells and CD8+ T cells. IL-21 costimulates B cell proliferation and differentiation into plasma cells producing immunoglobulins with IgG isotypes. IL-21 can also regulate the functions of dendritic cells and other myeloid cells. IL-21 exerts its biological activities by binding to and activating the Janus activating kinases (JAK1 and JAK3) and signal transducers and activators of transcription (STAT1, STAT3, STA5a and STAT5b) signaling pathways through the IL-21 receptor (IL-21R) complex. The IL-21R complex is comprised of the IL-21R alpha subunit and the common cytokine receptor gamma subunit (γ c; CD132).
The monoclonal 3A3-N2 antibody specifically binds to human IL-21.
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Onoda T, Rahman M, Nara H, et al. Human CD4+ central and effector memory T cells produce IL-21: effect on cytokine-driven proliferation of CD4+ T cell subsets. Int Immunol. 2007; 19(10):1191-1199. (Biology). View Reference
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Parrish-Novak J, Dillon SR, Nelson A, et al. Interleukin 21 and its receptor are involved in NK cell expansion and regulation of lymphocyte function. Nature. 2000; 408(6808):57-63. (Biology). View Reference
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Pene J, Gauchat JF, Lecart S, et al. Cutting edge: IL-21 is a switch factor for the production of IgG1 and IgG3 by human B cells. J Immunol. 2004; 172(9):5154-5157. (Biology). View Reference
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Spolski R, Leonard WJ. Interleukin-21: basic biology and implications for cancer and autoimmunity. Annu Rev Immunol. 2008; 26:57-79. (Biology). View Reference
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