Human NGF protein, His tag (active)

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Human NGF protein (active)

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Nerve growth factor (NGF) is a neurotrophic factor and neuropeptide primarily involved in the regulation of growth, maintenance, proliferation, and survival of certain target neurons. As reported, when the pheochromocytoma cell line PC12 is exposed to nerve growth factor (NGF), the cells respond over a period of a week by ceasing cell division and extending neurites (Greene and Tischler, 1976). The cells were grown in HamSF12K containing 5% fetal calf serum and 10% horse serum on polylysine or collagen coated plates. When cells reached log phase growth, fresh medium was added together with 10 ng/ml of NGF, then cells were observed by inverted microscope. NGF is also involved in pathways besides those regulating the life cycle of neurons. Besides, Alpha-2-Macroglobulin (a2M) has been identified as an interactor of NGF, thus a binding ELISA assay was conducted to detect the interaction of recombinant human NGF and recombinant human a2M. Briefly, NGF were diluted serially in PBS, with 0.01% BSA (pH 7.4). Duplicate samples of 100 microl were then transferred to a2M-coated microtiter wells and incubated for 2h at 37C. Wells were washed with PBST and incubated for 1h with anti-NGF pAb, then aspirated and washed 3 times. After incubation with HRP labelled secondary antibody, wells were aspirated and washed 3 times. With the addition of substrate solution, wells were incubated 15-25 minutes at 37C. Finally, add 50 microl stop solution to the wells and read at 450nm immediately. The binding activity of NGF and a2M was in a dose dependent manner.

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Beta-nerve growth factor

This gene is a member of the NGF-beta family and encodes a secreted protein which homodimerizes and is incorporated into a larger complex. This protein has nerve growth stimulating activity and the complex is involved in the regulation of growth and the differentiation of sympathetic and certain sensory neurons. Mutations in this gene have been associated with hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy, type 5 (HSAN5), and dysregulation of this genes expression is associated with allergic rhinitis. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]

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