A synthetic peptide for use as a blocking control in assays to test for specificity of IL5 antibody, Alternative Names: IL5 control peptide, IL5 antibody Blocking Peptide, Anti-IL5 Blocking Peptide, Interleukin 5 Blocking Peptide, Colony-Stimulating Factor Blocking Peptide, EDF Blocking Peptide, IL-5 Blocking Peptide, TRF Blocking Peptide, IL5, IL-5, IL 5, IL-5 Blocking Peptide, IL 5 Blocking Peptide
IL5 is a cytokine that acts as a growth and differentiation factor for both B cells and eosinophils. This cytokine is a main regulator of eosinopoiesis, eosinophil maturation and activation. The elevated production of this cytokine is reported to be related to asthma or hypereosinophilic syndromes.