An efficient and productive isolation method for human recombinant tum
or necrosis factor a from Escherichia coil cells was developed. The me
thod includes a membrane filtration step, two steps of ion-exchange ch
romatography, and gel filtration on a Sephadex G-25 column. The target
product was obtained with approximately 50% total yield and greater t
han 95% purity according to PAGE and HPLC.