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IL36B
Identifiers
Aliases	IL36B, FIL1, FIL1-(ETA), FIL1H, FILI-(ETA), IL-1F8, IL-1H2, IL1-ETA, IL1F8, IL1H2, interleukin 36, beta, interleukin 36 beta
External IDs	OMIM: 605508; MGI: 1916927; HomoloGene: 18278; GeneCards: IL36B; OMA:IL36B - orthologs
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 2 (human) Band 2q14.1 Start 113,022,089 bp End 113,052,867 bp
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 2 (mouse) Band 2 A3|2 16.21 cM Start 24,043,173 bp End 24,050,531 bp
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in skin of leg skin of abdomen islet of Langerhans tonsil stromal cell of endometrium vagina head mouth exocrine gland oral mucosa Top expressed in esophagus lip skin of external ear cervix umbilical cord lumbar subsegment of spinal cord trachea granulocyte skin of abdomen digastric muscle More reference expression data BioGPS More reference expression data
Gene ontology Molecular function cytokine activity interleukin-1 receptor binding Cellular component extracellular region extracellular space Biological process innate immune response inflammatory response immune response immune system process regulation of signaling receptor activity cytokine-mediated signaling pathway neutrophil chemotaxis positive regulation of interleukin-6 production positive regulation of I-kappaB kinase/NF-kappaB signaling positive regulation of T cell differentiation positive regulation of JNK cascade cellular response to lipopolysaccharide Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 27177 69677 Ensembl ENSG00000136696 ENSMUSG00000026985 UniProt Q9NZH7 Q9D6Z6 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_014438 NM_173178 NM_027163 RefSeq (protein) NP_055253 NP_775270 NP_081439 Location (UCSC) Chr 2: 113.02 – 113.05 Mb Chr 2: 24.04 – 24.05 Mb PubMed search
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Interleukin-36 beta also known as interleukin-1 family member 8 (IL1F8) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the IL36B gene.

Function

The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the interleukin 1 cytokine family. Protein structure modeling indicated that this cytokine may contain a 12-stranded beta-trefoil structure that is conserved between IL1A (IL-A alpha) and IL1B (IL-1 beta). This gene and eight other interleukin 1 family genes form a cytokine gene cluster on chromosome 2. Two alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms have been reported.

Further reading

• Nicklin MJ, Weith A, Duff GW (1994). "A physical map of the region encompassing the human interleukin-1 alpha, interleukin-1 beta, and interleukin-1 receptor antagonist genes". Genomics. 19 (2): 382–4. doi:10.1006/geno.1994.1076. PMID 8188271.
• Nothwang HG, Strahm B, Denich D, et al. (1997). "Molecular cloning of the interleukin-1 gene cluster: construction of an integrated YAC/PAC contig and a partial transcriptional map in the region of chromosome 2q13". Genomics. 41 (3): 370–8. doi:10.1006/geno.1997.4654. PMID 9169134.
• Kumar S, McDonnell PC, Lehr R, et al. (2000). "Identification and initial characterization of four novel members of the interleukin-1 family". J. Biol. Chem. 275 (14): 10308–14. doi:10.1074/jbc.275.14.10308. PMID 10744718.
• Busfield SJ, Comrack CA, Yu G, et al. (2000). "Identification and gene organization of three novel members of the IL-1 family on human chromosome 2". Genomics. 66 (2): 213–6. doi:10.1006/geno.2000.6184. PMID 10860666.
• Barton JL, Herbst R, Bosisio D, et al. (2001). "A tissue specific IL-1 receptor antagonist homolog from the IL-1 cluster lacks IL-1, IL-1ra, IL-18 and IL-18 antagonist activities". Eur. J. Immunol. 30 (11): 3299–308. doi:10.1002/1521-4141(200011)30:11<3299::AID-IMMU3299>3.0.CO;2-S. PMID 11093146.
• Pan G, Risser P, Mao W, et al. (2001). "IL-1H, an interleukin 1-related protein that binds IL-18 receptor/IL-1Rrp". Cytokine. 13 (1): 1–7. doi:10.1006/cyto.2000.0799. PMID 11145836.
• Lin H, Ho AS, Haley-Vicente D, et al. (2001). "Cloning and characterization of IL-1HY2, a novel interleukin-1 family member". J. Biol. Chem. 276 (23): 20597–602. doi:10.1074/jbc.M010095200. PMID 11278614.
• Debets R, Timans JC, Homey B, et al. (2001). "Two novel IL-1 family members, IL-1 delta and IL-1 epsilon, function as an antagonist and agonist of NF-kappa B activation through the orphan IL-1 receptor-related protein 2". J. Immunol. 167 (3): 1440–6. doi:10.4049/jimmunol.167.3.1440. PMID 11466363. S2CID 85986577.
• Sims JE, Nicklin MJ, Bazan JF, et al. (2001). "A new nomenclature for IL-1-family genes". Trends Immunol. 22 (10): 536–7. doi:10.1016/S1471-4906(01)02040-3. PMID 11574262.
• Nicklin MJ, Barton JL, Nguyen M, et al. (2002). "A sequence-based map of the nine genes of the human interleukin-1 cluster". Genomics. 79 (5): 718–25. doi:10.1006/geno.2002.6751. PMID 11991722.
• Strausberg RL, Feingold EA, Grouse LH, et al. (2003). "Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 99 (26): 16899–903. Bibcode:2002PNAS...9916899M. doi:10.1073/pnas.242603899. PMC 139241. PMID 12477932.
• Towne JE, Garka KE, Renshaw BR, et al. (2004). "Interleukin (IL)-1F6, IL-1F8, and IL-1F9 signal through IL-1Rrp2 and IL-1RAcP to activate the pathway leading to NF-kappaB and MAPKs". J. Biol. Chem. 279 (14): 13677–88. doi:10.1074/jbc.M400117200. PMID 14734551.
• Hillier LW, Graves TA, Fulton RS, et al. (2005). "Generation and annotation of the DNA sequences of human chromosomes 2 and 4". Nature. 434 (7034): 724–31. Bibcode:2005Natur.434..724H. doi:10.1038/nature03466. PMID 15815621.