TNFSF18

TNFSF18
Available structures
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Identifiers
Aliases TNFSF18, AITRL, GITRL, TL6, hGITRL, TNLG2A, tumor necrosis factor superfamily member 18
External IDs MGI: 2673064 HomoloGene: 3732 GeneCards: TNFSF18
RNA expression pattern
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Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

8995

240873

Ensembl

ENSG00000120337

ENSMUSG00000066755

UniProt

Q9UNG2

Q7TS55

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_005092

NM_183391

RefSeq (protein)

NP_005083.2

NP_899247.3

Location (UCSC) Chr 1: 173.04 – 173.05 Mb Chr 1: 161.49 – 161.51 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]
Wikidata
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Tumor necrosis factor ligand superfamily member 18 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TNFSF18 gene.[3][4][5]

The protein encoded by this gene is a cytokine that belongs to the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) ligand family. This cytokine is a ligand for receptor TNFRSF18/AITR/GITR. It has been shown to modulate T lymphocyte survival in peripheral tissues. This cytokine is also found to be expressed in endothelial cells, and is thought to be important for interaction between T lymphocytes and endothelial cells.[5]

References

  1. "Human PubMed Reference:".
  2. "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
  3. Kwon B, Yu KY, Ni J, Yu GL, Jang IK, Kim YJ, Xing L, Liu D, Wang SX, Kwon BS (Mar 1999). "Identification of a novel activation-inducible protein of the tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily and its ligand". J Biol Chem. 274 (10): 6056–61. doi:10.1074/jbc.274.10.6056. PMID 10037686.
  4. Gurney AL, Marsters SA, Huang RM, Pitti RM, Mark DT, Baldwin DT, Gray AM, Dowd AD, Brush AD, Heldens AD, Schow AD, Goddard AD, Wood WI, Baker KP, Godowski PJ, Ashkenazi A (Apr 1999). "Identification of a new member of the tumor necrosis factor family and its receptor, a human ortholog of mouse GITR". Curr Biol. 9 (4): 215–8. doi:10.1016/S0960-9822(99)80093-1. PMID 10074428.
  5. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: TNFSF18 tumor necrosis factor (ligand) superfamily, member 18".

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