Gene: IL4 (interleukin 4)  Homo sapiens

Symbol: IL4
Name: interleukin 4
Description: The protein encoded by this gene is a pleiotropic cytokine produced by activated T cells. This cytokine is a ligand for interleukin 4 receptor. The interleukin 4 receptor also binds to IL13, which may contribute to many overlapping functions of this cytokine and IL13. STAT6, a signal transducer and activator of transcription, has been shown to play a central role in mediating the immune regulatory signal of this cytokine. This gene, IL3, IL5, IL13, and CSF2 form a cytokine gene cluster on chromosome 5q, with this gene particularly close to IL13. This gene, IL13 and IL5 are found to be regulated coordinately by several long-range regulatory elements in an over 120 kilobase range on the chromosome. Two alternatively spliced transcript variants of this gene encoding distinct isoforms have been reported. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
Type: protein-coding
RefSeq Status: REVIEWED
Also known as: B cell growth factor 1; B-cell stimulatory factor 1; B_cell stimulatory factor 1; BCGF-1; BCGF1; binetrakin; BSF-1; BSF-1; BSF1; IL-4; interleukin-4; lymphocyte stimulatory factor 1; MGC79402; OTTHUMP00000066049; OTTHUMP00000066050; pitrakinra
Orthologs: Mus musculus : Il4 (interleukin 4)  MGI
Rattus norvegicus : Il4 (interleukin 4)
Latest Assembly: Human Genome Assembly GRCh37
Position:
MapChrPositionStrandSource
Human Alternate Assembly CHM1_15132,286,522 - 132,295,219+NCBI
Human Genome Assembly HuRef5127,201,979 - 127,210,672+NCBI
Human Genome Assembly GRCh375132,009,678 - 132,018,370+NCBI
Human Genome Assembly Build 365132,037,272 - 132,046,267+NCBI
Human Cytogenetic Map5q31.1 NCBI
Human Genome Assembly5132,037,271 - 132,046,267 NCBI
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RGD Object Information
RGD ID: 736306
Created: 2004-02-06
Species: Homo sapiens
Last Modified: 2013-04-30
Status: ACTIVE