Function
Paracrine hormone primarily responsible for maternal recognition of pregnancy. Interacts with endometrial receptors, probably type I interferon receptors, and blocks estrogen receptor expression, preventing the estrogen-induced increase in oxytocin receptor expression in the endometrium. This results in the suppression of the pulsatile endometrial release of the luteolytic hormone prostaglandin F2-alpha, hindering the regression of the corpus luteum (luteolysis) and therefore a return to ovarian cyclicity.
Biological Context
Subcellular Location: Secreted
Tissue Specificity: Constitutively and exclusively expressed in the mononuclear cells of the extraembryonic trophectoderm
Product Specifications
Recombinant Sheep Interferon tau-1 (IFNT1) is a recombinant protein from Ovis aries (Sheep), expressed in E.coli, covering amino acids 24-195aa, with N-terminal 10xHis-tagged and C-terminal Myc-tagged tag, molecular weight 25kDa, purity Greater than 95% as determined by SDS-PAGE.. Suitable for ELISA and Western Blot applications. Explore more Interferon proteins →
