Gene: IL13 (interleukin 13)  Homo sapiens

Symbol: IL13
Name: interleukin 13
Description: This gene encodes an immunoregulatory cytokine produced primarily by activated Th2 cells. This cytokine is involved in several stages of B-cell maturation and differentiation. It up-regulates CD23 and MHC class II expression, and promotes IgE isotype switching of B cells. This cytokine down-regulates macrophage activity, thereby inhibits the production of pro-inflammatory cytokines and chemokines. This cytokine is found to be critical to the pathogenesis of allergen-induced asthma but operates through mechanisms independent of IgE and eosinophils. This gene, IL3, IL5, IL4, and CSF2 form a cytokine gene cluster on chromosome 5q, with this gene particularly close to IL4. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
Type: protein-coding
RefSeq Status: REVIEWED
Also known as: allergic rhinitis; ALRH; BHR1; Bronchial hyperresponsiveness-1 (bronchial asthma); IL-13; interleukin-13; MGC116786; MGC116788; MGC116789; OTTHUMP00000066048; P600
Orthologs: Mus musculus : Il13 (interleukin 13)  MGI
Rattus norvegicus : Il13 (interleukin 13)
Latest Assembly: Human Genome Assembly GRCh37
Position:
MapChrPositionStrandSource
Human Alternate Assembly CHM1_15132,270,711 - 132,273,647+NCBI
Human Genome Assembly HuRef5127,186,169 - 127,189,105+NCBI
Human Genome Assembly GRCh375131,993,865 - 131,996,801+NCBI
Human Genome Assembly Build 365132,021,764 - 132,024,700+NCBI
Human Cytogenetic Map5q31 NCBI
Human Genome Assembly5132,021,763 - 132,024,700 NCBI
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RGD Object Information
RGD ID: 69008
Created: 2001-11-06
Species: Homo sapiens
Last Modified: 2013-05-14
Status: ACTIVE