Technical Articles
UA019077
CHI3L1: Signaling Mechanisms and Disease Spectrum of Chitinase-Like Protein 1
CHI3L1 (YKL-40) is a secreted glycoprotein of the glycoside hydrolase 18 family without enzymatic activity. This review covers its molecular features, receptor signaling network, attributes as a serum biomarker, and disease associations including ast
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- Immunity/Inflamma
- CHI3L1
- YKL-40
- chitinase-like protein 1
- IL-13R alpha 2
- Syndecan-1
- liver fibrosis
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Orchestrating the Repair Site: Four Steps of CHI3L1 in Tissue Damage Response
This article breaks down the molecular events of CHI3L1 in tissue repair and the tumor microenvironment in four steps: alarm signaling, matrix remodeling, immune polarization toward Th2 responses, and angiogenesis.
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- Immunity/Inflamma
- CHI3L1
- YKL-40
- tissue repair
- inflammation
- Th2 polarization
- angiogenesis
- UA019077
CHI3L1 Binding Assay Tools: QC Evidence and Platform Parameters of HEK293-Derived Recombinant Antigen
The main challenges of CHI3L1 binding assays are glycosylation-dependent epitopes and endotoxin interference. This article reviews the QC evidence of HEK293-expressed recombinant CHI3L1, platform parameters for ELISA, SPR and cell-based assays, and t
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- Immunity/Inflamma
- CHI3L1 binding assay
- YKL-40
- recombinant protein
- SPR
- ELISA
- endotoxin
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