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Nature
; 343(6256): 336-40, 1990 Jan 25.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-2137200
RESUMO
Three interleukin-1 inhibitors have been purified to homogeneity from medium conditioned by human monocytes. Partial sequence analysis and digestion with N-glycanase indicate that these are glycosylation forms of a single protein. The protein binds to the interleukin-1 receptor but has no interleukin-1-like activity, even at very high concentrations, and is therefore a pure receptor antagonist.