Anti-Pleiotrophin

0.5mg/ml if reconstituted with 0.2ml sterile DI water. Pleiotrophin(PTN) also known as heparin-binding brain mitogen(HBBM) or heparin-binding growth factor 8(HBGF-8) or neurite growth-promoting factor 1(NEGF1) or heparin affinity regulatory peptide(HARP) or heparin binding growth associated molecule(HB-GAM) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PTN gene. PTN is the first member of a family of developmentally regulated cytokines. The PTN gene is mapped to 7q33-q34. A mutant PTN that contained only the first N-terminal 40 amino acids was a dominant negative. Pleiotrophin is expressed in the central and peripheral nervous system and also in several non-neural tissues, notably lung, kidney, gut and bone. Pleiotrophin binds to cell-surface nucleolin as a low affinity receptor. This binding can inhibit HIV infection. Protein function: Secreted growth factor that induces neurite outgrowth and which is mitogenic for fibroblasts, epithelial, and endothelial cells. Binds anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) which induces MAPK pathway activation, an important step in the anti- apoptotic signaling of PTN and regulation of cell proliferation. [The UniProt Consortium]