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4-1BB Receptor

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ACAD8

ACAT2

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Activin A

ACY1

ADAT1

Adiponectin

ADRP

AITRL

Akt1

Alpha-Feto Protein (AFP)

Alpha-Galactosidase A

Angiopoietin-1 (Ang-1)

Angiopoietin-2 (Ang-2)

Angiostatin K1-3

Annexin-V

apo-SAA

Apoliprotein A-1

Apoliprotein E2

Apoliprotein E3

Apoliprotein E4

APRIL

Artemin

ATF2

Aurora A

Aurora B

BAFF

BAFF Receptor

BCA-1 / BLC / CXCL13

BCMA

BD-1

BD-2

BD-3

BDNF

Bivalirudin

BMP-2

BMP-4

BMP-7

BMP-13

sBMPR-1A

Brain Natriuretic Protein

BRAK

Breast Tumor Antigen

C5a

C5L2 Peptide

C-10

C-Reactive Protein

C-Src

Calbindin D-9K

Calbindin D-28K

Calbindin D-29K

Calmodulin

Calcitonin Acetate

Carbonic Anhydrase III

Carcino-embryonicAntigen

Cardiotrophin-1

Caspase-3

Caspase-6

CD4

CD14

CD22

CD40 Ligand / TRAP

CD95 / sFas Ligand

CD105 / Endoglin

CHIPS

CNTF

Collagen

CREB

CTACK/CCL27

CTGF

CTGFL/WISP-2

CTLA-4/Fc

CXCL16

Cytokeratin 8

DEP-1

Desmopressin

Disulfide Oxidoreductase

E-selectin

ECGF

EGF

Elafin/SKALP

EMAP-II

ENA-78

Endostatin

Enteropeptidase

Eotaxin

Eotaxin-2

Eotaxin-3 (TSC)

EPHB2

EPHB4

Eptifbatide

Erk-2

Erythropoietin (EPO)

Exodus-2

Fas Ligand

Fas Receptor

FGF-1 (acidic)

FGF-2 (basic)

FGF-4

FGF-5

FGF-6

FGF-7/ KGF

FGF-8

FGF-9

FGF-10

FGF-16

FGF-17

FGF-18

FGF-19

FGF-20

sFGFR-1 (IIIc) / Fc Chimera

sFGFR-2 (IIIc) / Fc Chimera

sFGFR-3 / Fc Chimera

sFGFR-4 / Fc Chimera

sFlt-1 (native)

sFlt-1 (D3)

sFlt-1 (D4)

sFlt-1 (D5)

sFlt-1 (D7)

Flt3-Ligand

sFlt-4

sFlt-4/ Fc Chimera

Follistatin

FSH

Fractalkine/ CX3C

G-CSF

α-Galactosidase A

Galectin-1

Galectin-3

Gastrointestinal CA

GCP-2

GDF-3

GDF-9

GDF-11

GDNF

GLP-1

Glucagon

Goserelin

GM-CSF

GPBB

GROα

GROβ

GROγ

GRO/MGSA

Growth Hormone

Growth Hormone BP

GST-p21/WAF-1

HB-EGF

HCC-1

HGF

Histdyl-tRNA synthetase

Histrelin

HRG1-β1

I-309

I-TAC

IFN-α

IFN-α A

IFN-α 2a

IFN-α 2b

IFN-β

IFN-γ

IFN-Omega

IGF-I

IGF-II

proIGF-II

IGFBP-1

IGFBP-2

IGFBP-3

IGFBP-4

IGFBP-4

IGFBP-5

IGFBP-6

IGFBP-7

IL-1α

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IL-2

IL-3

IL-4

sIL-4 Receptor

IL-5

IL-6

sIL-6 Receptor

IL-7

IL-8 (72 a.a.)

IL-8 (77 a.a.)

IL-9

IL-10

IL-11

IL-12

IL-13

IL-13 analog

IL-15

IL-16 (121 a.a.)

IL-16 (130 a.a.)

IL-17

IL-17B

IL-17D

IL-17E

IL-17F

IL-19

IL-20

IL-22

IL-31

Insulin

IP-10

JE

JNK2a1

JNK2a2

KC / CXCL1

KGF

L-asparaginase

LAG-1

LALF Peptide

LAR-PTP

LC-1

LBP

LD-78β

LDH

LEC/NCC-4

Leptin

LIGHT

LIX

LKM

LL-37

Lymphotactin

sLYVE-1

M-CSF

MCP-1 (MCAF)

MCP-2

MCP-3

MCP-4

MCP-5

MDC (67 a.a.)

MDC (69 a.a.)

MDH

MEC

Mek-1

MIA

Midkine

MIG / CXCL9

MIP-1α / CCL3

MIP-1β / CCL4

MIP-3 / CCL23

MIP-3α / CCL20

MIP-3β / CCL19

MIP-4 (PARC) / CCL18

MIP-5 / CCL15

MMP-3

MMP-7

MMP-13

Myostatin

Nanog

NAP-2

Neurturin

NFAT-1

beta-NGF

NOGGIN

NOV

NP-1

NT-1/BCSF-3

NT-3

NT-4

Ocreotide

Oncostatin M

Osteoprotegerin (OPG)

OTOR

Oxytocin

p38-α

Parathyroid Hormone

PDGF-AA

PDGF-AB

PDGF-BB

Persephin

PF-4

PIGF-1

PIGF-2

PKA α-subunit

PKC-α

PKC-γ

Pleiotrophin

PLGF-1

Polymyxin B (PMB)

PRAS40

PRL-1

PRL-2

PRL-3

Prokineticin-2

Prolactin

Protirelin

PTHrP

PTP1B

PTP-IA2

PTP-MEG2

PTP-PEST

sRANK

sRANKL

RANTES

RELM-α

RELM-β

Resistin

RPTPβ

RPTPγ

RPTPμ

SCF

SCGF-α

SCGF-β

SDF-1α

SDF-1β

Secretin

SF20

SHP-2

STAT1

c-Src

TACI

TARC

TC-PTP

TECK

TFF2

TGF-α

TGF-β1

TGF-β2

TGF-β3

Thymosin α1

sTIE-1/Fc Chimera

sTIE-2/Fc Chimera

TL-1A

TNF-α

TNF-β

sTNFR1

sTNFR2

TPO

TRAIL/Apo2L

sTRAIL R-1 (DR4)

sTRAIL R-2 (DR5)

TSH

TSLP

TWEAK

TWEAK Receptor

Urokinase

VEGF121

VEGF145

VEGF165

VEGF-C

VEGF-C I525

EG-VEGF

VEGF-E

HB-VEGF-E

sVEGFR-1

sVEGFR-2

sVEGFR-3

WISP-1

WISP-2

WISP-3

WNT-1

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