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Lead Time
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Usage
For Research Use Only. Not for use in diagnostic or therapeutic procedures.
Binds to IL-18 and inhibits its activity. Functions as an inhibitor of the early TH1 cytokine response.
Gene References into Functions
IL-18BP ameliorates cardiac ischemia/reperfusion injury in part through suppression of Th17 differentiation.PMID:26340315
Data show that IL-18bp acts as a sensor for IFN-gamma and can regulate both Th1 and Th17 responses in the CNS.PMID:20644165
Administratioan of murine IL-18BP at the time of the booster injection of bovine CII reduces the progressive severity of collagen-induced arthritis; both clinical disease activity and histological scores are decreased by 50%.PMID:12574381
functional polarization of Ag-specific CD4(+) Th2 cells entering the CNS during the accelerating phase of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis is flexible and dependent on IL-18, which is overturned by IL-18 binding proteinPMID:15778395
IL-18 and IL-18BP may have roles in testicular development, and also in the regulation of testicular functions under physiological conditionsPMID:18299271
A single intravenous dose of recombinant mouse IL18BP decreased neointimal hyperplasia and improved arterial L/A ratios in an atherosclerotic balloon-injury animal model.PMID:18455646