interleukin-7; lymphopoietin-1 (IL7, IL-7)

Function

• hematopoietic growth factor
• capable of stimulating proliferation of lymphoid progenitors
  • role in proliferation during certain stages of B-cell maturation
  • proliferation of thymocytes & mature T cells

Structure

belongs to the IL-7/IL-9 family

Compartment

secreted

Alternative splicing

named isoforms=2

More general terms

• interleukin

Additional terms

• interleukin-7 receptor (IL7 receptor)

Database

• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=3574
• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:3574
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/146660
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P13232.html