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Interleukin receptor
Introduction
An interleukin receptor is a cytokine receptor for interleukins.
Types
Types
There are two main families of Interleukin receptors, type 1 and type 2 cytokine receptors.
Type 1
Type 1 interleukin receptors include:[1][2] Template:Type 1 interleukin receptors
Type 2
Type 2 interleukin receptors include:[3] Template:Type 2 interleukin receptors
Other
- Interleukin-1 receptor and interleukin-18 receptor belong to the immunoglobulin superfamily.
- Interleukin-8 receptor, RANTES receptors (CCR1, CCR3, CCR5), MIP-1 receptor, PF4 receptor, M-CSF receptor and NAP-2 receptor belong to the chemokine receptor family.
References
References
- ↑ Subramaniam S, Stansberg C, Cunningham C (2004). “The interleukin 1 receptor family”. Dev. Comp. Immunol. 28 (5): 415–28. doi:10.1016/j.dci.2003.09.016. PMID 15062641. Unknown parameter
|month=ignored (help) - ↑ Boraschi D, Tagliabue A (2006). “The interleukin-1 receptor family”. Vitam. Horm. 74: 229–54. doi:10.1016/S0083-6729(06)74009-2. PMID 17027517.
- ↑ Donnelly RP, Sheikh F, Kotenko SV, Dickensheets H (2004). “The expanded family of class II cytokines that share the IL-10 receptor-2 (IL-10R2) chain”. J. Leukoc. Biol. 76 (2): 314–21. doi:10.1189/jlb.0204117. PMID 15123776. Unknown parameter
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External links
External links
- Receptors,+Interleukin at the US National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)