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Interleukin-10 receptor

Interleukin-10 receptor is a type II cytokine receptor. The receptor is tetrameric, composed of 2α[1] and 2β[2] subunits. The α subunit is expressed on haematopoietic cells (such as T, B, NK, mast, and dendritic cells) whilst the β subunit is expressed ubiquitously.

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References

  1. Liu Y, Wei SH, Ho AS, de Waal Malefyt R, Moore KW (1994). “Expression cloning and characterization of a human IL-10 receptor”. J. Immunol. 152 (4): 1821–9. PMID 8120391.
  2. Kotenko SV, Krause CD, Izotova LS, Pollack BP, Wu W, Pestka S (1997). “Identification and functional characterization of a second chain of the interleukin-10 receptor complex”. EMBO J. 16 (19): 5894–903. doi:10.1093/emboj/16.19.5894. PMC 1170220. PMID 9312047.
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