interleukin

Introduction

A family of cytokines.

Function

• in general, interleukins promote the development & differentiation of T-cells, B-cells, & hematopoietic cells
• signals transduced by interleukin receptors

Expression

• the majority of interleukins are synthesized by helper CD4+ T-lymphocytes, as well as monocytes, macrophages, & endothelial cells

More general terms

• cytokine

More specific terms

• interleukin-1; lymphocyte-activating factor (IL1)
• interleukin-2; IL-2; T-cell growth factor; TCGF (IL2)
• interleukin-3; erythrocyte burst-promoting factor; hematopoietic growth factor; mast-cell colony-stimulating factor; multipotential colony-stimulating factor; colony-stimulating factor-2 alpha; mast cell growth factor; P-cell stimulating factor (IL3, I...
• interleukin-4; IL-4; B-cell stimulatory factor 1; BSF-1; binetrakin; lymphocyte stimulatory factor 1; pitrakinra (IL4)
• interleukin-5; IL-5; B-cell differentiation factor 1; eosinophil differentiation factor; T-cell replacing factor; TRF (IL5)
• interleukin-6; IL-6; B-cell stimulatory factor 2; BSF-2; CTL differentiation factor; CDF; hybridoma growth factor; interferon beta-2; IFN-beta-2 (IL6, IFNB2)
• interleukin-7; lymphopoietin-1 (IL7, IL-7)
• interleukin-8; IL-8; C-X-C motif chemokine 8; monocyte-derived neutrophil chemotactic factor; MDNCF; T-cell chemotactic factor; neutrophil-activating protein 1; NAP-1; protein 3-10C; Granulocyte chemotactic protein 1; GCP-1; monocyte-derived neutrophil...
• interleukin-9; IL-9; cytokine P40; T-cell growth factor P40 (IL9)
• interleukin-10; IL-10; cytokine synthesis inhibitory factor; CSIF (IL10)
• interleukin-11; IL-11; adipogenesis inhibitory factor; AGIF; oprelvekin (IL11)
• interleukin-12; cytotoxic lymphocyte maturation factor; NK cell stimulatory factor (IL12, IL-12)
• interleukin-13 (IL13, IL-13, NC30)
• interleukin-15 (IL15, IL-15)
• interleukin-16; lymphocyte chemoattractant factor (IL16, IL-16)
• interleukin-17 (IL-17)
• interleukin-18; IL-18; Iboctadekin; interferon gamma-inducing factor; IFN-gamma-inducing factor; interleukin-1 gamma; IL-1 gamma (IL18, IGIF, IL1F4)
• interleukin-19; melanoma differentiation associated protein-like protein; NG.1 (IL19, IL-19, ZMDA1)
• interleukin-20; IL-20; cytokine Zcyto10 (IL20, ZCYTO10, UNQ852/PRO1801)
• interleukin-21; IL-21; Za11 (IL21)
• interleukin-22; IL-22; cytokine Zcyto18; IL-10-related T-cell-derived-inducible factor; IL-TIF (IL22, ILTIF, ZCYTO18, UNQ3099/PRO10096)
• interleukin-23 (IL23)
• interleukin-24; IL-24; melanoma differentiation-associated gene 7 protein; MDA-7; suppression of tumorigenicity 16 protein (IL24, MDA7, ST16)
• interleukin-26; IL-26; protein AK155 (IL26, AK155)
• interleukin-27 (IL-27)
• interleukin-27 subunit beta; IL-27 subunit beta; IL-27B; Epstein-Barr virus-induced gene 3 protein; EBV-induced gene 3 protein (EBI3, IL27B)
• interleukin-28A; IL-28A; cytokine Zcyto20; interferon lambda-2; IFN-lambda-2 (IL28A, IFNL2, ZCYTO20)
• interleukin-28B; IL-28B; cytokine Zcyto22; interferon lambda-3; IFN-lambda-3; interleukin-28C; IL-28C (IL28B, IFNL3, IL28C, ZCYTO22)
• interleukin-29; IL-29; cytokine Zcyto21; interferon lambda-1; IFN-lambda-1 (IL29, IFNL1, ZCYTO21)
• interleukin-30 (IL-30)
• interleukin-31 (IL-31) (IL31)
• interleukin-32; IL-32; natural killer cells protein 4; tumor necrosis factor alpha-inducing factor (IL32 NK4 TAIF)
• interleukin-33 (IL-33)
• interleukin-34; IL-34 (IL34 C16orf77)
• interleukin-36 alpha; FIL1 epsilon; interleukin-1 epsilon; IL-1 epsilon; interleukin-1 family member 6; IL-1F6 (IL36A, FIL1E, IL1E, IL1F6)
• interleukin-36 beta; FIL1 eta; interleukin-1 eta; IL-1 eta; interleukin-1 family member 8; IL-1F8; interleukin-1 homolog 2; IL-1H2 (IL36B, IL1F8, IL1H2)
• interleukin-36 gamma; IL-1-related protein 2; IL-1RP2; interleukin-1 epsilon; IL-1 epsilon; interleukin-1 family member 9; IL-1F9; interleukin-1 homolog 1; IL-1H1 (IL36G, IL1E, IL1F9, IL1H1, IL1RP2, UNQ2456/PRO5737)
• interleukin-37; FIL1 zeta; IL-1X; interleukin-1 family member 7; IL-1F7; interleukin-1 homolog 4; IL-1H; IL-1H4; interleukin-1 zeta; IL-1 zeta; interleukin-1-related protein; IL-1RP1; interleukin-23; IL-37 (IL37, FIL1Z, IL1F7, IL1H4, IL1RP1)

Additional terms

• interleukin receptor