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Interleukin 3 (IL-3), also called Mast Cell Growth Factor (MCGF), Multi-Colony Stimulating Factor (multi-CSF), or Eosinophil-CSF (E-CSF), is produced by activated T cells, mast cells and eosinophils. IL-3 is a hematopoietic growth factor that stimulates colony formation of erythroid, megakaryocyte, neutrophil, eosinophil, basophil, mast cell and monocytic lineages. Most of these functions are enhanced or dependent on co-stimulation with other cytokines. Human and mouse IL-3 share only 29% sequence identity at the amino acid level. The bioactivity of IL-3 is highly species specific. For example, human IL-3 has no activity on mouse cells. IL-3 is a potent growth promoting cytokine. IL-3 is capable of supporting the proliferation of a broad range of hematopoietic cell types, and is involved in a variety of cell activities such as cell growth, differentiation and apoptosis. IL-3 has been shown to also possess neurotrophic activity, and it may be associated with neurologic disorders.
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Protein Aliases: BP/BPA; Colony stimulating factor multiple; colony-stimulating factor, multiple; Eo-CSF; Hematopoietic growth factor; IL-3; ILN; Interleukin; Interleukin 3 (colony stimulating factor; Interleukin-3; Interleukin3; Mast cell growth factor; mast-cell growth factor; MCGF; MGC79398; MGC79399; Multi CSF; Multilineage colony stimulating factor; multilineage-colony-stimulating factor; multiple); Multipotential colony-stimulating factor; P cell stimulating factor; P-cell stimulating factor; P-cell-stimulating factor; PCSA
Gene Aliases: IL-3; IL3; MCGF; MULTI-CSF
UniProt ID: (Human) P08700
Entrez Gene ID: (Human) 3562
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