Recombinant Human IL-4 Receptor subunit alpha, soluble

Human IL-4 exerts its biological effects via signaling through its receptor system, IL-4R. There are two types of the IL-4 receptor complexes, the type I receptor consisting of the IL-4R alpha and the common gamma chain, yc and the type II receptor consisting of IL-4R alpha and the IL- 13R alpha. The IL-4R alpha chain contains an extracellular domain of 207 amino acids, a transmembrane domain of 24 amino acids, and an intracellular domain of 569 amino acids. The secreted extracellular domain, sIL-4R alpha, also called CD124 is capable of blocking IL-4 activities. This receptor plays a major role in the regulation of the differentiation of naive CD4+ T cells and class switching to IgG1 and IgE. Recombinant human sIL-4R alpha is a 23.7 kDa protein containing 207 amino acid residues consisting of only the extracellular domain of the IL- 4R alpha.