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Tchem
IL2
Interleukin-2

Protein Summary
Description
Produced by T-cells in response to antigenic or mitogenic stimulation, this protein is required for T-cell proliferation and other activities crucial to regulation of the immune response. Can stimulate B-cells, monocytes, lymphokine-activated killer cells, natural killer cells, and glioma cells. The protein encoded by this gene is a secreted cytokine that is important for the proliferation of T and B lymphocytes. The receptor of this cytokine is a heterotrimeric protein complex whose gamma chain is also shared by interleukin 4 (IL4) and interleukin 7 (IL7). The expression of this gene in mature thymocytes is monoallelic, which represents an unusual regulatory mode for controlling the precise expression of a single gene. The targeted disruption of a similar gene in mice leads to ulcerative colitis-like disease, which suggests an essential role of this gene in the immune response to antigenic stimuli. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]
Uniprot Accession IDs
Gene Name
Ensembl ID
  • ENST00000226730
  • ENSP00000226730
  • ENSG00000109471

Symbol
  • IL-2
  • TCGF
  • lymphokine
Illumination Graph
Knowledge Table
Most Knowledge About
Knowledge Value (0 to 1 scale)
biological process
1
biological term
1
chemical
1
disease
0.87
molecular function
0.79


IDG Development Level Summary
Tdark

These are targets about which virtually nothing is known. They do not have known drug or small molecule activities
- AND - satisfy two or more of the following criteria:

Pubmed score: 33373.95   (req: < 5)
Gene RIFs: 569   (req: <= 3)
Antibodies: 1832   (req: <= 50)
Tbio

These targets do not have known drug or small molecule activities
- AND - satisfy two or more of the following criteria:

Pubmed score: 33373.95   (req: >= 5)
Gene RIFs: 569   (req: > 3)
Antibodies: 1832   (req: > 50)

- OR - satisfy the following criterion:

Gene Ontology Terms: 45
Tchem

Target has at least one ChEMBL compound with an activity cutoff of < 30 nM - AND - satisfies the preceding conditions

Active Ligands: 55
Tclin

Target has at least one approved drug - AND - satisfies the preceding conditions

Active Drug: 0