Rabbit anti-Human TNFSF12 Polyclonal Antibody

Uniprot Id

O43508

Target Species

Human

Target Name

TNFSF12

Target Full Name

Tumor necrosis factor ligand superfamily member 12

Target Function

Binds to FN14 and possibly also to TNRFSF12/APO3. Weak inducer of apoptosis in some cell types. Mediates NF-kappa-B activation. Promotes angiogenesis and the proliferation of endothelial cells. Also involved in induction of inflammatory cytokines. Promotes IL8 secretion.

Target Subcellular Location

Cell membrane; Single-pass type II membrane protein.; [Tumor necrosis factor ligand superfamily member 12, secreted form]: Secreted.; [Isoform TWE-PRIL]: Cell membrane; Single-pass membrane protein.

Target Protein Families

Tumor necrosis factor family

Target Tissue Specificity

Highly expressed in adult heart, pancreas, skeletal muscle, brain, colon, small intestine, lung, ovary, prostate, spleen, lymph node, appendix and peripheral blood lymphocytes. Low expression in kidney, testis, liver, placenta, thymus and bone marrow. Als

Target Research Area

Cancer

Target Synonyms

APO 3 ligand; APO 3L; APO3 ligand; APO3/DR3 ligand; APO3L; DR3LG; MGC129581; MGC20669; secreted form; TNF-related weak inducer of apoptosis; TNF12_HUMAN; TNFSF 12; Tnfsf12; TNFSF12 protein; Tumor necrosis factor (ligand) superfamily member 12; Tumor necrosis factor ligand superfamily member 12; Tumor necrosis factor superfamily member 12; TWEAK; UNQ181/PRO207

Target Background

The protein encoded by this gene is a cytokine that belongs to the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) ligand family. This protein is a ligand for the FN14/TWEAKR receptor. This cytokine has overlapping signaling functions with TNF, but displays a much wider tissue distribution. This cytokine, which exists in both membrane-bound and secreted forms, can induce apoptosis via multiple pathways of cell death in a cell type-specific manner. This cytokine is also found to promote proliferation and migration of endothelial cells, and thus acts as a regulator of angiogenesis. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. Some transcripts skip the last exon of this gene and continue into the second exon of the neighboring TNFSF13 gene; such read-through transcripts are contained in GeneID 407977, TNFSF12-TNFSF13.