The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Macrophage Colony Stimulating Factor across different species:

colony stimulating factor 1 (macrophage) (CSF1)

Other aliases include:

MCSF, MGC31930

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Macrophage Colony Stimulating Factor:

colony stimulating factor 1 – OTTHUMP00000013363 – OTTHUMP00000013364 – macrophage colony stimulating factor

Macrophage Colony Stimulating Factor fulfills a number of functions:

cytokine activity – growth factor activity – macrophage colony stimulating factor receptor binding – protein homodimerization activity

Macrophage Colony Stimulating Factor is relevant to the following processes:

cell differentiation – hemopoiesis – monocyte activation – positive regulation of cell migration – positive regulation of cell proliferation – positive regulation of cell-matrix adhesion – positive regulation of cellular protein metabolic process – positive regulation of gene expression – positive regulation of macrophage derived foam cell differentiation – positive regulation of monocyte differentiation – positive regulation of mononuclear cell proliferation – positive regulation of protein kinase activity – reproductive developmental process

Locations for Macrophage Colony Stimulating Factor:

extracellular region – extracellular space – integral to membrane – perinuclear region of cytoplasm – plasma membrane – receptor complex

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology