The neurotrophins ("neuro" means nerve and "trophe" means nutrient) are a family of soluble, basic growth factors which regulate neuronal development, maintenance, survival and death in the CNS and the PNS. Neurotrophin-4 (NT-4) is expressed in neurons of the superior cervical, stellate and celiac ganglion, T-cells and is synthesized by keratinocytes.nThe structural hallmark of all the neurotrophins is the characteristic arrangement of the disulfide bridges known as the cysteine knot, which has been found in other growth factors such as PDGF. The rat and human forms of NT-4 are 96% homologous. NT-4 has been shown to promote dendritic outgrowth and calcium currents in cultured mesencephalic dopamine neurons, to promote growth and remodeling of adult motor neuron innervation, to be anterograde survival factors for postsynaptic cells8and to protect against apoptotic neuronal death. nThe biological effects of NT-4 are mediated by two receptors: TrkB, which is specific for NT-4 and BDNF, and p75 which binds all the neurotrophins
应用类型
经验证,该抗体可应用于IH、WB等实验应用,也可用于IC、IFC、IP等实验。
免疫原
NT4抗体的免疫原肽段为LGEVPAAGGSPL(C)。此免疫原序列来源于43-52 位氨基酸残基,该序列来源于成熟人类NT-4 (123-132 of the precursor NT-4) (Accession编号为P34130)。