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Interleukin-28 receptor

Interleukin-28 receptor is a type II cytokine receptor. It binds interleukin-28. It consists of an α and shares a common β subunit with the interleukin-10 receptor.[1][2]

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References

  1. Kotenko SV, Gallagher G, Baurin VV, Lewis-Antes A, Shen M, Shah NK, Langer JA, Sheikh F, Dickensheets H, Donnelly RP (2003). “IFN-lambdas mediate antiviral protection through a distinct class II cytokine receptor complex”. Nat. Immunol. 4 (1): 69–77. doi:10.1038/ni875. PMID 12483210.
  2. Sheppard P, Kindsvogel W, Xu W, Henderson K, Schlutsmeyer S, Whitmore TE, Kuestner R, Garrigues U, Birks C, Roraback J, Ostrander C, Dong D, Shin J, Presnell S, Fox B, Haldeman B, Cooper E, Taft D, Gilbert T, Grant FJ, Tackett M, Krivan W, McKnight G, Clegg C, Foster D, Klucher KM (2003). “IL-28, IL-29 and their class II cytokine receptor IL-28R”. Nat. Immunol. 4 (1): 63–8. doi:10.1038/ni873. PMID 12469119.
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