Flt3 Ligand/FLT3LG (FLT3LG) Antibody – Mouse Monoclonal

Dendritic cells (DCs) provide the key link between innate and adaptive immunity by recognizing pathogens and priming pathogen-specific immune responses. FLT3LG controls the development of DCs and is particularly important for plasmacytoid DCs and CD8 (see MIM 186910)-positive classical DCs and their CD103 (ITGAE; MIM 604682)-positive tissue counterparts (summary by Sathaliyawala et al., 2010 [PubMed 20933441]).[supplied by OMIM, Jan 2011]

FLT3LG: Stimulates the proliferation of early hematopoietic cells by activating FLT3. Synergizes well with a number of other colony stimulating factors and interleukins. 2 isoforms of the human protein are produced by alternative splicing.

Protein type: Cytokine; Ligand, receptor tyrosine kinase; Membrane protein, integral

Chromosomal Location of Human Ortholog: 19q13.3

Cellular Component: extracellular space; membrane; integral to membrane

Molecular Function: protein homodimerization activity; cytokine activity; receptor tyrosine kinase binding; receptor binding

Biological Process: positive regulation of natural killer cell differentiation; regulation of myeloid dendritic cell activation; lymphocyte differentiation; embryonic hemopoiesis; positive regulation of cell proliferation; positive regulation of protein amino acid phosphorylation; signal transduction; positive regulation of myoblast differentiation