Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha (TNFa) Antibody – Mouse Monoclonal

This gene encodes a multifunctional proinflammatory cytokine that belongs to the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) superfamily. Members of this family are classified based on primary sequence, function, and structure. This protein is synthesized as a type-II transmembrane protein and is reported to be cleaved into products that exert distinct biological functions. It plays an important role in the innate immune response as well as regulating homeostasis but is also implicated in diseases of chronic inflammation. In mouse deficiency of this gene is associated with defects in response to bacterial infection, with defects in forming organized follicular dendritic cell networks and germinal centers, and with a lack of primary B cell follicles. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Jun 2013]

TNF-a: Cytokine that binds to TNFRSF1A/TNFR1 and TNFRSF1B/TNFBR. It is mainly secreted by macrophages and can induce cell death of certain tumor cell lines. It is potent pyrogen causing fever by direct action or by stimulation of interleukin-1 secretion and is implicated in the induction of cachexia, Under certain conditions it can stimulate cell proliferation and induce cell differentiation. Homotrimer. Interacts with SPPL2B. Belongs to the tumor necrosis factor family.

Protein type: Apoptosis; Cytokine; Membrane protein, integral; Motility/polarity/chemotaxis

Chromosomal Location of Human Ortholog: 17 B1|17 18.59 cM

Cellular Component: cell surface; external side of plasma membrane; extracellular region; extracellular space; integral component of membrane; integral component of plasma membrane; intracellular; membrane; membrane raft; phagocytic cup; plasma membrane; recycling endosome; secretory granule

Molecular Function: cytokine activity; identical protein binding; protease binding; protein binding; tumor necrosis factor receptor binding

Biological Process: activation of cysteine-type endopeptidase activity involved in apoptotic process; activation of MAPK activity; activation of MAPKKK activity; apoptosis; calcium-mediated signaling; cell activation; cell proliferation; cellular extravasation; chronic inflammatory response to antigenic stimulus; cortical actin cytoskeleton organization and biogenesis; defense response; defense response to bacterium; defense response to Gram-positive bacterium; detection of mechanical stimulus involved in sensory perception of pain; DNA damage response, signal transduction resulting in induction of apoptosis; extracellular matrix organization; glucose metabolic process; humoral immune response; immune response; induction of apoptosis via death domain receptors; inflammatory response; JNK cascade; leukocyte migration; leukocyte tethering or rolling; lipopolysaccharide-mediated signaling pathway; MAPK cascade; multicellular organism development; negative regulation of cell proliferation; negative regulation of cytokine secretion involved in immune response; negative regulation of endothelial cell proliferation; negative regulation of glucose import; negative regulation of interleukin-6 production; negative regulation of L-glutamate transport; negative regulation of lipid catabolic process; negative regulation of mitotic cell cycle; negative regulation of myelination; negative regulation of myoblast differentiation; negative regulation of osteoblast differentiation; negative regulation of protein complex disassembly; negative regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter; negative regulation of transcription, DNA-dependent; negative regulation of viral genome replication; organ morphogenesis; osteoclast differentiation; positive regulation of action potential; positive regulation of apoptosis; positive regulation of cell adhesion; positive regulation of cell proliferation; positive regulation of chemokine biosynthetic process; positive regulation of chemokine production; positive regulation of chronic inflammatory response to antigenic stimulus; positive regulation of cysteine-type endopeptidase activity involved in apoptotic process; positive regulation of cytokine production; positive regulation of cytokine secretion; positive regulation of fever; positive regulation of hair follicle development; positive regulation of heterotypic cell-cell adhesion; positive regulation of humoral immune response mediated by circulating immunoglobulin; positive regulation of I-kappaB kinase/NF-kappaB signaling; positive regulation of inflammatory response; positive regulation of interferon-gamma production; positive regulation of interleukin-18 production; positive regulation of interleukin-6 production; positive regulation of interleukin-8 biosynthetic process; positive regulation of interleukin-8 production; positive regulation of JNK cascade; positive regulation of JUN kinase activity; positive regulation of MAP kinase activity; positive regulation of membrane protein ectodomain proteolysis; positive regulation of mitotic nuclear division; positive regulation of neuron apoptotic process; positive regulation of NF-kappaB import into nucleus; positive regulation of NF-kappaB transcription factor activity; positive regulation of NFAT protein import into nucleus; positive regulation of nitric oxide biosynthetic process; positive regulation of osteoclast differentiation; positive regulation of peptidyl-serine phosphorylation; positive regulation of phagocytosis; positive regulation of programmed cell death; positive regulation of protein catabolic process; positive regulation of protein complex assembly; positive regulation of protein complex disassembly; positive regulation of protein kinase activity; positive regulation of protein kinase B signaling; positive regulation of protein phosphorylation; positive regulation of protein transport; positive regulation of smooth muscle cell proliferation; positive regulation of synaptic transmission; positive regulation of transcription factor activity; positive regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter; positive regulation of transcription, DNA-templated; positive regulation of translational initiation by iron; protein import into nucleus, translocation; protein kinase B signaling; receptor biosynthetic process; regulation of cell proliferation; regulation of I-kappaB kinase/NF-kappaB cascade; regulation of immunoglobulin secretion; regulation of insulin secretion; regulation of osteoclast differentiation; regulation of protein amino acid phosphorylation; regulation of protein secretion; response to glucocorticoid stimulus; response to lipopolysaccharide; response to organic substance; response to virus; sequestering of triacylglycerol; signal transduction; toll-like receptor 3 signaling pathway; tumor necrosis factor-mediated signaling pathway