IL-2 Products

Description

Human interleukin 2 (IL2) is a secreted cytokine that is important for the proliferation of T and B lymphocytes. The receptor of this cytokine is a heterotrimeric protein complex whose gamma chain is also shared by interleukin 4 (IL4) and interleukin 7 (IL7). The expression of this gene in mature thymocytes is monoallelic, which represents an unusual regulatory mode for controlling the precise expression of a single gene. The targeted disruption of a similar gene in mice leads to ulcerative colitis like disease, which suggests an essential role of this gene in the immune response to antigenic stimuli. IL2 has been shown to have antitumor effects in some studies. This is probably mediated by cytotoxic effector cells.

Bioinformatics

Entrez	3558 Human
Product By Gene ID	3558
Alternate Names	Aldesleukin IL2 IL-2 IL-2lymphokine interleukin 2 interleukin-2 involved in regulation of T-cell clonal expansion Proleukin T cell growth factor T-cell growth factor TCGF

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