positive regulation of cytosolic calcium ion concentration
positive regulation of regulatory T cell differentiation
cell-cell signaling
positive regulation of interferon-gamma production
natural killer cell activation
negative regulation of apoptotic process
positive regulation of dendritic spine development
negative regulation of lymphocyte proliferation
MAPK cascade
regulation of T cell homeostatic proliferation
T cell differentiation
positive regulation of cell growth
protein kinase C-activating G protein-coupled receptor signaling pathway
cell adhesion
positive regulation of B cell proliferation
positive regulation of tissue remodeling
positive regulation of T cell proliferation
immune response
positive regulation of cell population proliferation
extrinsic apoptotic signaling pathway in absence of ligand
negative regulation of B cell apoptotic process
positive regulation of isotype switching to IgG isotypes
positive regulation of interleukin-17 production
response to ethanol
negative regulation of inflammatory response
positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II
positive regulation of activated T cell proliferation
negative regulation of T-helper 17 cell differentiation
leukocyte activation involved in immune response
positive regulation of tyrosine phosphorylation of STAT protein
regulation of regulatory T cell differentiation
regulation of signaling receptor activity
cytokine-mediated signaling pathway
interleukin-2-mediated signaling pathway
positive regulation of kinase activity
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Orthologs
Species
Human
Mouse
Entrez
3558
16183
Ensembl
ENSG00000109471
ENSMUSG00000027720
UniProt
P60568
P04351
RefSeq (mRNA)
NM_000586
NM_008366
RefSeq (protein)
NP_000577
NP_032392
Location (UCSC)
Chr 4: 122.45 – 122.46 Mb
Chr 3: 37.17 – 37.18 Mb
PubMed search
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Wikidata
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Interleukin-2 (IL-2) is an interleukin, a type of cytokine signaling molecule in the immune system. It is a 15.5–16 kDa protein[5] that regulates the activities of white blood cells (leukocytes, often lymphocytes) that are responsible for immunity. IL-2 is part of the body's natural response to microbial infection, and in discriminating between foreign ("non-self") and "self". IL-2 mediates its effects by binding to IL-2 receptors, which are expressed by lymphocytes. The major sources of IL-2 are activated CD4+ T cells and activated CD8+ T cells.[6] Put shortly the function of IL-2 is to stimulate the growth of helper, cytotoxic and regulatory T cells.
^ abcGRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000109471 – Ensembl, May 2017
^ abcGRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000027720 – Ensembl, May 2017
^"Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
^"Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
^Arenas-Ramirez N, Woytschak J, Boyman O (December 2015). "Interleukin-2: Biology, Design and Application" (PDF). Trends in Immunology. 36 (12): 763–777. doi:10.1016/j.it.2015.10.003. PMID 26572555. S2CID 3621867.
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