The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Interleukin 24 across different species:

interleukin 10 (IL10), interleukin 24 (IL24), interleukin 24 (Il24)

Other aliases include:

CSIF, TGIF, IL-10, IL10A, MGC126450, MGC126451, C49A, FISP, MDA7, ST16, IL-24, IL10B, Mob-5, mda-7, Mda7, St16, Mda-7, IL24

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Interleukin 24:

interleukin 10 – cytokine synthesis inhibitory factor – interleukin 24 – IL-24 splice variant delE3 – IL-24 splice variant delE5 – melanoma differentiation association protein 7 – suppression of tumorigenicity 16 (melanoma differentiation) – interleukin-24 – IL-24 – OTTMUSP00000036146 – th2-specific cytokine FISP – IL-4-induced secreted protein – melanoma differentiation-associated gene 7 protein

Interleukin 24 fulfills a number of functions:

cytokine activity – growth factor activity – interleukin-10 receptor binding – protein binding

Interleukin 24 is relevant to the following processes:

B cell differentiation – T-helper 2 type immune response – anti-apoptosis – cell-cell signaling – cytoplasmic sequestering of NF-kappaB – defense response to bacterium – hemopoiesis – immune response – inflammatory response – leukocyte chemotaxis – negative regulation of B cell proliferation – negative regulation of MHC class II biosynthetic process – negative regulation of T cell proliferation – negative regulation of cytokine secretion during immune response – negative regulation of interferon-alpha biosynthetic process – negative regulation of interleukin-12 production – negative regulation of interleukin-6 production – negative regulation of membrane protein ectodomain proteolysis – negative regulation of myeloid dendritic cell activation – positive regulation of B cell apoptosis – positive regulation of MHC class II biosynthetic process – positive regulation of cytokine secretion – positive regulation of gene-specific transcription – positive regulation of transcription factor activity – receptor biosynthetic process – regulation of gene expression – regulation of isotype switching – response to glucocorticoid stimulus – response to molecule of bacterial origin – apoptosis – fibroblast proliferation – wound healing

Locations for Interleukin 24:

extracellular region – extracellular space

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology