Target
Chicken IL6 / Interleukin 6
Synonyms
IL6 | B-cell stimulatory factor 2 | BSF-2 | BSF2 | CTL differentiation factor | Hybridoma growth factor | IFN-beta-2 | Interleukin-6 | Interleukin BSF-2 | IFNB2 | B-cell differentiation factor | CDF | HSF | IL-6
Reactivity
Chicken
(tested or 100% immunogen sequence identity)
Immunogen
Recombinant chicken IL-6.
Specificity
Recognizes chicken Interleukin 6 (chIL-6). Mammalian IL-6 is a multifunctional pro-inflammatory cytokine, which plays a major role in the regulation of immune responses, haematopoiesis and the induction of acute phase responses. The action of IL-6 occurs via the signal transducing receptor chain gp130 and the IL-6 receptor alpha chain is responsible for ligand binding. IL-6 is produced by a wide variety of cells including B lymphocytes, T lymphocytes, monocytes/macrophages, fibroblasts and endothelial cells and has a widespread cellular effect, including B and T lymphocytes, hepatocytes and cells of the CNS. Chicken hepatocyte-stimulating factor (HSF), secreted by lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated macrophages, induces fibronectin production in cultured chicken hepatocytes, and that HSF produced by LPS-treated fibroblasts, was neutralized by an antiserum to recombinant HuIL-6 (rHuIL-6). rHuIL-6 has also been shown as biologically active on chicken hepatocytes (Samad et al. 1993).(AHP942Z) neutralizes chicken IL-6 in the murine7TD1 IL-6 bioassay.