Interleukin-2 was discovered in 1976 as a T-cell growth factor. It was the first type I cytokine cloned and the first for which a receptor component was cloned. Its importance includes its multiple actions, therapeutic potential, and lessons for receptor biology, with three components differentially combining to form high, intermediate, and low-affinity receptors. IL-21ka and IL-2R beta, respectively, are markers for double-negative thymocytes and regulatory T-cells versus memory cells. gamma(c) which is shared by six cytokines, is mutated in patients with X-linked severe-combined immunodeficiency. We now cover an under-reviewed area-the regulation of genes encoding IL-2 and lL-2R components, with an effort to integrate/explain this knowledge. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
机构:Australian Natl Univ, John Curtin Sch Med Res, Div Mol Biosci, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
Attema, JL
;
Reeves, R
论文数: 0引用数: 0
h-index: 0
机构:Australian Natl Univ, John Curtin Sch Med Res, Div Mol Biosci, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
Reeves, R
;
Murray, V
论文数: 0引用数: 0
h-index: 0
机构:Australian Natl Univ, John Curtin Sch Med Res, Div Mol Biosci, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
Murray, V
;
Levichkin, I
论文数: 0引用数: 0
h-index: 0
机构:Australian Natl Univ, John Curtin Sch Med Res, Div Mol Biosci, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
Levichkin, I
;
Temple, MD
论文数: 0引用数: 0
h-index: 0
机构:Australian Natl Univ, John Curtin Sch Med Res, Div Mol Biosci, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
Temple, MD
;
Tremethick, DJ
论文数: 0引用数: 0
h-index: 0
机构:Australian Natl Univ, John Curtin Sch Med Res, Div Mol Biosci, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
Tremethick, DJ
;
Shannon, AF
论文数: 0引用数: 0
h-index: 0
机构:
Australian Natl Univ, John Curtin Sch Med Res, Div Mol Biosci, Canberra, ACT 2601, AustraliaAustralian Natl Univ, John Curtin Sch Med Res, Div Mol Biosci, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
机构:Australian Natl Univ, John Curtin Sch Med Res, Div Mol Biosci, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
Attema, JL
;
Reeves, R
论文数: 0引用数: 0
h-index: 0
机构:Australian Natl Univ, John Curtin Sch Med Res, Div Mol Biosci, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
Reeves, R
;
Murray, V
论文数: 0引用数: 0
h-index: 0
机构:Australian Natl Univ, John Curtin Sch Med Res, Div Mol Biosci, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
Murray, V
;
Levichkin, I
论文数: 0引用数: 0
h-index: 0
机构:Australian Natl Univ, John Curtin Sch Med Res, Div Mol Biosci, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
Levichkin, I
;
Temple, MD
论文数: 0引用数: 0
h-index: 0
机构:Australian Natl Univ, John Curtin Sch Med Res, Div Mol Biosci, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
Temple, MD
;
Tremethick, DJ
论文数: 0引用数: 0
h-index: 0
机构:Australian Natl Univ, John Curtin Sch Med Res, Div Mol Biosci, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia
Tremethick, DJ
;
Shannon, AF
论文数: 0引用数: 0
h-index: 0
机构:
Australian Natl Univ, John Curtin Sch Med Res, Div Mol Biosci, Canberra, ACT 2601, AustraliaAustralian Natl Univ, John Curtin Sch Med Res, Div Mol Biosci, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia