CIAPIN1 polyclonal antibody

The name of the protein Anamorsin, also designated cytokine-induced apoptosis inhibitor 1 (CIAPIN1), comes from the Latin term “ana-mors-in”, meaning “anti-death molecule”. During hematopoiesis, Anamorsin is crucial for mediating the anti-apoptotic effects of various cytokines. It is a ubiquitously expressed protein, and when it is overexpressed, it confers apoptotic resistance. Anamorsin is primarily expressed in the cytoplasm of liver, pancreas and heart tissue cells and does not show any homology to known apoptosis regulatory molecules of the Bcl-2 or CASP families, or to signal transduction molecules. Anamorsin expression in mouse cells confers resistance to apoptosis caused by IL-3 (interleukin-3) deprivation. Studies demonstrate that the addition of growth factors, such as EPO (erythropoietin), SCF (stem cell factor), TPO (thrombopoietin) or IL-3, all of which depend on RAS signaling, induce dose-dependent expression of Anamorsin in mouse cells.