binetrakin
A recombinant agent chemically identical to or similar to the endogenous cytokine interleukin-4 (IL-4). Produced primarily by activated T cells, IL-4 binds to and activates its cell-surface receptor, stimulating the proliferation and differentiation of activated B cells and enhancing their ability to present antigens to T cells. As a potential immunotherapeutic agent, binetrakin also augments the effects of other cytokines on dendritic cells (DC), cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTL), and tumor-infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL).
| Synonym: | B-cell growth factor B-cell proliferating factor B-cell stimulating factor B-cell stimulatory factor 1 interleukin 4 (human) 129 interleukin-4 mast cell growth factor-2 recombinant human IL-4 T-cell growth factor 2 |
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| Abbreviation: | BCGF BCSF 1 IL-4 MCGF 2 RHIL-4 |
| Code name: | SCH 93400 |