

TwotypesofsolubleTNFreceptors(sTNFR-1andsTNFR-2)havebeenidentified,whichacttoneutralizetheBIOLOGicalactivitiesofTNF-alphaandTNF-beta.Levelsofthesesolublereceptorsappeartoariseasaresultofsheddingoftheextracellulardomainsofthemembraneboundreceptors.ElevatedlevelsofsolubleTNFreceptorshavebeenfoundintheamnioticfluidofpregnantwomen.
TherecombinantsTNFR-2comprisesa184aminoacidfragment(23-206)correspondingtothematuresTNFR-2proteinandisexpressedinE.coliwithanamino-terminalhexahistidinetag.
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