CD 28, CD28 antigen, CD28 molecule, MGC138290, T cell antigen CD28, T cell specific surface glycoprotein, T cell specific surface glycoprotein CD28, Tp44, CD28_HUMAN.
The protein encoded by this gene is essential for T-cell proliferation and survival, cytokine production, and T-helper type-2 development. Several alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene.[provid