Rabbit anti- IL2 Polyclonal Antibody

Uniprot Id

P60568

Target Species

Human

Target Name

IL2

Target Full Name

Interleukin-2

Target Function

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.

Target Involvement

A chromosomal aberration involving IL2 is found in a form of T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL). Translocation t(4;16)(q26;p13) with involves TNFRSF17.

Target Subcellular Location

Secreted.

Target Protein Families

IL-2 family

Target Research Area

Immunology

Target Synonyms

Aldesleukin; IL 2; IL-2; IL2; IL2_HUMAN; Interleukin 2; Interleukin-2; interleukin2; Involved in regulation of T cell clonal expansion; Lymphokine; OTTHUMP00000164090; POIL2; T Cell Growth Factor; T-cell growth factor; TCGF

Target Background

This gene is a member of the interleukin 2 (IL2) cytokine subfamily which includes IL4, IL7, IL9, IL15, IL21, erythropoietin, and thrombopoietin. The protein encoded by this gene is a secreted cytokine produced by activated CD4+ and CD8+ T lymphocytes, that is important for the proliferation of T and B lymphocytes. The receptor of this cytokine (IL2R) is a heterotrimeric protein complex whose gamma chain is also shared by IL4 and 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.