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Biochem/physiol Actions

Interleukin-7 is a lymphoid cell growth factor which affects pre-B, pro-B and early T cells. It supports the growth of early B cells and is mitogenic for thymocytes and co-mitogenic with PHA and Con A. IL-7 stimulates the proliferation of CD4/CD8 cells. Human and mouse IL-7 have 60% amino acid sequence identity.

Physical form

Lyophilized from a 0.2 µm filtered solution in phosphate buffered saline containing 0.25 mg bovine serum albumin.