The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Interleukin 12 across different species:

interleukin 12B (natural killer cell stimulatory factor 2, cytotoxic lymphocyte maturation factor 2, p40) (IL12B), interleukin 12 (IL12A), interleukin 12b (Il12b), interleukin 12A (natural killer cell stimulatory factor 1, cytotoxic lymphocyte maturation factor 1, p35) (IL12A), interleukin 12Ba (natural killer cell stimulatory factor 2, cytotoxic lymphocyte maturation factor 2, p40) (il12ba), interleukin 12B (LOC100217488)

Other aliases include:

CLMF, NKSF, CLMF2, NKSF2, IL-12B, IL12A, p40, Il-12b, Il12p40, Il-12p40, Il12, IL12B, IL-12p40, IL-12, il12b, IL-12 p40, MGC152789, il12p40.b, zgc:152789, IL-12.p40, Il12b, LOC100217488

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Interleukin 12:

interleukin 12B – IL12, subunit p40 – interleukin 12, p40 – interleukin-12 beta chain – natural killer cell stimulatory factor, 40 kD subunit – interleukin 12 – cytotoxic lymphocyte maturation factor – interleukin-12 subunit beta – CLMF p40 – IL-12 p40 – IL-12 subunit p40 – IL-23 subunit p40 – OTTMUSP00000005619 – cytotoxic lymphocyte maturation factor 40 kDa subunit – interleukin-12 p40 – interleukin-12 p40 subunit – interleukin 12A – interleukin-12 p35 subunit – IL-12 p40 subunit – il-12p40.a – interleukin 12 p40.b – interleukin 12B (natural killer cell stimulatory factor 2, cytotoxic lymphocyte maturation factor 2, p40) – interleukin-12 p40 chain – interleukin 12b

Interleukin 12 fulfills a number of functions:

cytokine activity – cytokine receptor activity – growth factor activity – interleukin-12 alpha subunit binding – interleukin-12 receptor binding – protein binding – protein heterodimerization activity – protein homodimerization activity – signal transducer activity – molecular_function

Interleukin 12 is relevant to the following processes:

T-helper 1 type immune response – T-helper cell differentiation – cell cycle arrest – cell migration – cell surface receptor linked signal transduction – natural killer cell activation during immune response – negative regulation of smooth muscle cell proliferation – positive regulation of activated T cell proliferation – positive regulation of cell adhesion – positive regulation of interferon-gamma biosynthetic process – positive regulation of interferon-gamma production – positive regulation of natural killer cell activation – positive regulation of natural killer cell mediated cytotoxicity directed against tumor cell target – positive regulation of smooth muscle cell apoptosis – regulation of cytokine biosynthetic process – response to UV-B – sensory perception of pain – cell surface receptor linked signaling pathway – defense response to protozoan – natural killer cell activation involved in immune response – negative regulation of growth of symbiont in host – negative regulation of inflammatory response to antigenic stimulus – positive regulation of T cell proliferation – natural killer cell activation – positive regulation of lymphocyte proliferation – biological_process

Locations for Interleukin 12:

extracellular region – interleukin-12 complex – membrane – extracellular space – cellular_component

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology