The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Interleukin 2 across different species:

interleukin 2 (IL2), interleukin 2 (Il2), interleukin 2 (il2)

Other aliases include:

IL-2, TCGF, lymphokine, Il-2, IL2, POIL2, il2

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Interleukin 2:

interleukin 2 – aldesleukin – interleukin-2 – T cell growth factor – involved in regulation of T-cell clonal expansion – TCGF – OTTMUSP00000007837 – T-cell growth factor – IL-2 – Interleukin-2

Interleukin 2 fulfills a number of functions:

cytokine activity – growth factor activity – interleukin-2 receptor binding – kinase activator activity – protein binding – carbohydrate binding – glycosphingolipid binding – kappa-type opioid receptor binding – cytokine receptor binding

Interleukin 2 is relevant to the following processes:

T cell differentiation – anti-apoptosis – cell adhesion – cell-cell signaling – immune response – natural killer cell activation – negative regulation of B cell apoptosis – negative regulation of inflammatory response – negative regulation of lymphocyte proliferation – positive regulation of B cell proliferation – positive regulation of activated T cell proliferation – positive regulation of cell growth – positive regulation of cell proliferation – positive regulation of immunoglobulin secretion – positive regulation of isotype switching to IgG isotypes – positive regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter – positive regulation of tyrosine phosphorylation of Stat5 protein – regulation of T cell homeostatic proliferation – G-protein coupled receptor protein signaling pathway – activation of protein kinase C activity by G-protein coupled receptor protein signaling pathway – elevation of cytosolic calcium ion concentration – negative regulation of heart contraction – negative regulation of protein amino acid phosphorylation – positive regulation of T cell differentiation – positive regulation of T cell proliferation – positive regulation of protein amino acid phosphorylation – positive regulation of regulatory T cell differentiation

Locations for Interleukin 2:

extracellular region – extracellular space

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology

2 products cited in The journal of gene medicine Collagen, Type XVIII, alpha 1 (COL18A1) ELISA Kit (ABIN415633) , Interleukin 2 (IL2) ELISA Kit (ABIN415510)

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