IRF8 (interferon regulatory factor 8)

Gene

• Entrez ID: 3394
• Gene name: Interferon regulatory factor 8
• Gene symbol: IRF8
• Synonyms: H-ICSBP, ICSBP, ICSBP1, IMD32A, IMD32B, IRF-8
• Chromosome: 16
• Chromosome location: 16q24.1
• Summary: Interferon consensus sequence-binding protein (ICSBP) is a transcription factor of the interferon (IFN) regulatory factor (IRF) family. Proteins of this family are composed of a conserved DNA-binding domain in the N-terminal region and a divergent C-termi

SNPs

SNP ID	Visualize variation	Clinical significance	Consequence
rs397514710	A>G	Pathogenic	Missense variant, 5 prime UTR variant, coding sequence variant
rs397514711	A>G	Pathogenic	Missense variant, 5 prime UTR variant, coding sequence variant
rs1567479117	->T	Uncertain-significance, pathogenic	Stop lost, frameshift variant, terminator codon variant

miRNA

miRTarBase ID	miRNA	Experiments	Reference
MIRT649297	hsa-miR-646	HITS-CLIP	23824327
MIRT649296	hsa-miR-4686	HITS-CLIP	23824327
MIRT649297	hsa-miR-646	HITS-CLIP	23824327
MIRT649296	hsa-miR-4686	HITS-CLIP	23824327
MIRT649297	hsa-miR-646	HITS-CLIP	23824327
MIRT649296	hsa-miR-4686	HITS-CLIP	23824327
MIRT649297	hsa-miR-646	HITS-CLIP	23824327
MIRT649296	hsa-miR-4686	HITS-CLIP	23824327
MIRT1071462	hsa-miR-1264	CLIP-seq
MIRT1071463	hsa-miR-3978	CLIP-seq
MIRT1071464	hsa-miR-9	CLIP-seq
MIRT2017580	hsa-miR-3074-5p	CLIP-seq
MIRT2017581	hsa-miR-3130-3p	CLIP-seq
MIRT2017582	hsa-miR-4789-3p	CLIP-seq
MIRT2017583	hsa-miR-767-5p	CLIP-seq
MIRT2249537	hsa-miR-345	CLIP-seq
MIRT1071464	hsa-miR-9	CLIP-seq

Transcription factors

Transcription factor	Regulation	Reference
MBD1	Repression	19074829
STAT1	Activation	16918696;19074829
WT1	Repression	20237505

Gene ontology (GO)

GO ID	Ontology	Definition	Evidence	Reference
GO:0000122	Process	Negative regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II	IDA	1460054, 25122610
GO:0000785	Component	Chromatin	ISA
GO:0000978	Function	RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding	IBA	21873635
GO:0000978	Function	RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding	IDA	1460054
GO:0000981	Function	DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific	IBA	21873635
GO:0000981	Function	DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific	ISA
GO:0001227	Function	DNA-binding transcription repressor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific	IDA	1460054
GO:0002273	Process	Plasmacytoid dendritic cell differentiation	ISS
GO:0002376	Process	Immune system process	IBA	21873635
GO:0005515	Function	Protein binding	IPI	21903422, 32814053
GO:0005634	Component	Nucleus	IBA	21873635
GO:0005634	Component	Nucleus	IDA	25122610
GO:0005654	Component	Nucleoplasm	IDA
GO:0005737	Component	Cytoplasm	IDA	25122610
GO:0005829	Component	Cytosol	TAS
GO:0006357	Process	Regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II	IBA	21873635
GO:0006909	Process	Phagocytosis	IEA
GO:0006914	Process	Autophagy	IEA
GO:0006955	Process	Immune response	TAS	8861914
GO:0030099	Process	Myeloid cell differentiation	IEA
GO:0032479	Process	Regulation of type I interferon production	ISS
GO:0032729	Process	Positive regulation of interferon-gamma production	IEA
GO:0032735	Process	Positive regulation of interleukin-12 production	IEA
GO:0042742	Process	Defense response to bacterium	IEA
GO:0042832	Process	Defense response to protozoan	IEA
GO:0045944	Process	Positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II	IDA	25122610
GO:0060333	Process	Interferon-gamma-mediated signaling pathway	TAS
GO:0060337	Process	Type I interferon signaling pathway	TAS
GO:0071222	Process	Cellular response to lipopolysaccharide	IEA
GO:0071346	Process	Cellular response to interferon-gamma	IDA	25122610
GO:0097028	Process	Dendritic cell differentiation	ISS
GO:1990837	Function	Sequence-specific double-stranded DNA binding	IDA	28473536

Other IDs

• MIM: 601565
• HGNC: 5358
• e!Ensembl: ENSG00000140968

Protein

• UniProt ID: Q02556
• Protein name: Interferon regulatory factor 8 (IRF-8) (Interferon consensus sequence-binding protein) (H-ICSBP) (ICSBP)
• Protein function: Transcription factor that specifically binds to the upstream regulatory region of type I interferon (IFN) and IFN-inducible MHC class I genes (the interferon consensus sequence (ICS)) (PubMed:25122610). Can both act as a transcriptional activato
• Family and domains:

  Pfam

  Accession	ID	Position in sequence	Description	Type
  PF00605	IRF	9 → 113	Interferon regulatory factor transcription factor	Domain
  PF10401	IRF-3	202 → 382	Interferon-regulatory factor 3	Family

• Sequence:

  MCDRNGGRRLRQWLIEQIDSSMYPGLIWENEEKSMFRIPWKHAGKQDYNQEVDASIFKAW
  AVFKGKFKEGDKAEPATWKTRLRCALNKSPDFEEVTDRSQLDISEPYKVYRIVPEEEQKC
  KLGVATAGCVNEVTEMECGRSEIDELIKEPSVDDYMGMIKRSPSPPEACRSQLLPDWWAQ
  QPSTGVPLVTGYTTYDAHHSAFSQMVISFYYGGKLVGQATTTCPEGCRLSLSQPGLPGTK
  LYGPEGLELVRFPPADAIPSERQRQVTRKLFGHLERGVLLHSSRQGVFVKRLCQGRVFCS
  GNAVVCKGRPNKLERDEVVQVFDTSQFFRELQQFYNSQGRLPDGRVVLCFGEEFPDMAPL
  RSKLILVQIEQLYVRQLAEEAGKSCGAGSVMQAPEEPPPDQVFRMFPDICASHQRSFFRE
  NQQITV

• Sequence length: 426

Pathways

KEGG:

Pertussis

Reactome:

Interferon gamma signaling
Interferon alpha/beta signaling

Associated diseases

Causal
Disease name	Disease term	dbSNP ID	References
Breast cancer	Malignant neoplasm of breast	rs587776547, rs1137887, rs137853007, rs587776650, rs80359351, rs80359714, rs121917783, rs104886456, rs121964878, rs80359874, rs80357868, rs80357508, rs387906843, rs80357569, rs80358158, rs80357524, rs80357115, rs80357945, rs80357729, rs80357609, rs80357259, rs80357981, rs80358063, rs80357389, rs80356862, rs80359876, rs80357580, rs80358053, rs80358089, rs80187739, rs397507241, rs80358069, rs80357590, rs80357284, rs80357941, rs80359261, rs80359272, rs80359276, rs276174813, rs80358474, rs80359316, rs1555282969, rs80359388, rs80359499, rs80359505, rs80359520, rs80359526, rs80359533, rs56253082, rs80358824, rs80359554, rs80359636, rs80359651, rs80359659, rs80359011, rs80359012, rs80359013, rs80359718, rs397507410, rs81002812, rs80359730, rs80359152, rs80359159, rs397507419, rs28897759, rs80359211, rs80359775, rs397514577, rs397507584, rs80358435, rs80358456, rs80359340, rs80359343, rs80359365, rs80358579, rs397507670, rs80358593, rs80359406, rs80359444, rs80359454, rs276174853, rs276174854, rs80359483, rs80359537, rs80358815, rs80358843, rs80359558, rs80359560, rs80359594, rs80358893, rs28897743, rs397507900, rs397507906, rs397507918, rs80358971, rs80358981, rs397507941, rs80359030, rs80359035, rs41293511, rs397507396, rs81002806, rs80359112, rs397508006, rs81002893, rs45580035, rs80359760, rs397508051, rs80359772, rs4987049, rs80359777, rs80357770, rs397508867, rs62625303, rs397508874, rs80357506, rs80357287, rs273898674, rs80358042, rs80358083, rs80357058, rs41286296, rs80357960, rs80356945, rs80357223, rs386134270, rs80358116, rs80357856, rs80357424, rs397509050, rs80357485, rs80357966, rs397509067, rs80357310, rs80356866, rs80357260, rs80357437, rs80358023, rs80358086, rs80357133, rs80356993, rs80357997, rs80357239, rs80357227, rs397509243, rs80356969, rs80356959, rs63750617, rs63751319, rs587779315, rs200640585, rs398122546, rs80357543, rs398122687, rs80359328, rs398122779, rs398122783, rs62517194, rs80358029, rs515726060, rs180177103, rs180177111, rs180177133, rs587776527, rs180177135, rs180177136, rs515726117, rs587779813, rs587779909, rs587780024, rs587780100, rs28909982, rs121908698, rs180177100, rs587780210, rs587780240, rs587780639, rs587781269, rs587781353, rs587781471, rs587781658, rs587781697, rs587781730, rs587781894, rs587781948, rs587782005, rs587782011, rs200928781, rs587781558, rs370228071, rs587782245, rs587782401, rs180177110, rs587782504, rs72552322, rs587782531, rs587782620, rs587782680, rs587782774, rs587782818, rs730881411, rs730881389, rs564652222, rs397507768, rs587776419, rs730881868, rs730881940, rs56383036, rs758972589, rs201089102, rs730881348, rs786202608, rs786201886, rs786203318, rs786203775, rs786203714, rs786202033, rs750621215, rs786203884, rs786203650, rs772821016, rs863224521, rs864622223, rs864622655, rs375699023, rs876659572, rs768362387, rs876659535, rs876658957, rs483353072, rs876659435, rs267608041, rs876661113, rs730881369, rs878853535, rs772228129, rs878855122, rs760551339, rs80359596, rs397509222, rs886039630, rs886039683, rs886040828, rs587781799, rs886040374, rs886040649, rs397507967, rs878854957, rs886040043, rs1057517589, rs1060502769, rs866380588, rs863224765, rs1064793243, rs747563556, rs1555074976, rs1064795885, rs753961188, rs1064794708, rs869312772, rs1064793887, rs1131690820, rs1135401928, rs1135401868, rs1135401859, rs1553370324, rs397507630, rs1555283160, rs1555283251, rs1555283262, rs1555283361, rs1555286298, rs1555288462, rs886040950, rs1555289566, rs776323117, rs80357123, rs1555579627, rs1555580697, rs80358054, rs1555593302, rs1328985852, rs763470424, rs1555139694, rs878854697, rs1555461217, rs1555461765, rs774684620, rs766416564, rs1554558613, rs1305740166, rs1555461460, rs1555461407, rs1555461586, rs1555567202, rs1555607022, rs1555069815, rs1442299125, rs1474786480, rs1555084947, rs1555457867, rs141087784, rs1482641121, rs1564830522, rs1565469955, rs1565503137, rs864622613, rs755263466, rs757679199, rs1593903166, rs1597801649, rs1603293306, rs879253880, rs80358754, rs1597062038, rs45494092, rs1603275367, rs887358871, rs1597091518, rs1966967065, rs1064793049, rs2082872908, rs2085078278, rs2072475243
Bronchiectasis	Bronchiectasis	rs121908758, rs121908811, rs76649725, rs267606722, rs121909008, rs387906360, rs387906361, rs80034486, rs74767530, rs121908776, rs121909012, rs77646904, rs121908754, rs121909015, rs121909016, rs387906365, rs80055610, rs75528968, rs121908748, rs77932196, rs121909026, rs121908751, rs121908750, rs746418935, rs79282516, rs77409459, rs121909031, rs76554633, rs75115087, rs79633941, rs387906375, rs75389940, rs121909043, rs387906379, rs121908784, rs121909047, rs137852709, rs1596894031, rs137852710, rs61759860, rs121908805, rs193922501, rs193922503, rs193922504, rs1554389296, rs121908812, rs74467662, rs193922510, rs193922514, rs121908797, rs193922515, rs76151804, rs78984783, rs77035409, rs193922532, rs121908767, rs77188391, rs121908789, rs121908779, rs36210737, rs121908763, rs121908794, rs121908796, rs121908772, rs79031340, rs397508137, rs397508139, rs121908774, rs397508150, rs397508152, rs397508158, rs397508165, rs397508168, rs397508173, rs397508192, rs397508196, rs397508200, rs397508205, rs397508208, rs397508211, rs397508222, rs397508225, rs397508231, rs397508243, rs397508251, rs397508261, rs397508272, rs397508273, rs397508276, rs397508295, rs397508296, rs397508298, rs397508300, rs77284892, rs397508310, rs201978662, rs201124247, rs121908780, rs397508331, rs397508333, rs397508339, rs397508341, rs121908760, rs397508350, rs397508353, rs121908810, rs397508360, rs374946172, rs145449046, rs397508377, rs397508379, rs397508380, rs397508386, rs397508387, rs397508393, rs397508399, rs397508400, rs397508412, rs397508413, rs121909034, rs149790377, rs121908792, rs397508426, rs397508431, rs397508441, rs397508451, rs397508461, rs397508479, rs397508482, rs397508496, rs397508498, rs397508506, rs397508510, rs142394380, rs121909036, rs139304906, rs121908798, rs397508532, rs397508535, rs146521846, rs139729994, rs397508570, rs397508572, rs77834169, rs78655421, rs121908765, rs397508595, rs397508596, rs397508600, rs397508604, rs397508609, rs397508616, rs397508620, rs397508624, rs121908808, rs397508635, rs397508636, rs397508637, rs397508658, rs397508673, rs397508680, rs397508686, rs76371115, rs397508702, rs397508706, rs397508712, rs397508715, rs397508721, rs397508732, rs397508734, rs397508740, rs121908771, rs397508761, rs78440224, rs121908793, rs397508767, rs121908803, rs397508777, rs397508784, rs397508791, rs397508796, rs397508799, rs397508805, rs397508808, rs397508809, rs397508824, rs786204693, rs755416052, rs397508263, rs1057516619, rs397508176, rs1057516415, rs1057516970, rs754392413, rs1057516457, rs397508709, rs1060503164, rs775663783, rs397508294, rs1554380497, rs397508163, rs121908785, rs1235397597, rs397508405, rs1554392800, rs375661578, rs397508693, rs766063304, rs141482808, rs1290078234, rs756219310, rs1554390958, rs1555112332, rs750559671, rs533959068, rs1554389062, rs1554389486, rs1330431481, rs193922730, rs779177972, rs1562928997, rs1562908997, rs1562876459, rs1584785196, rs1584786454, rs1299250440, rs1584837090, rs1584764596, rs1584812425
Diffuse lymphoma	Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma	rs121912651, rs121913289, rs121913293, rs878854402, rs869025340, rs1349928568, rs1569115687, rs121913291
Immunodeficiency	IMMUNODEFICIENCY 32A, IMMUNODEFICIENCY 32B	rs1565678077, rs121908002, rs1421444086, rs1565688667, rs944235493, rs121918314, rs587776713, rs137852678, rs587776714, rs128620188, rs2147483647, rs1569556522, rs137853331, rs137853332, rs179363866, rs483352928, rs121918659, rs111033580, rs111033581, rs74315290, rs193922740, rs193922741, rs104894199, rs483352927, rs104894286, rs1571865049, rs886041032, rs2069709, rs587776822, rs74315444, rs587776823, rs1315265916, rs104893893, rs104893894, rs121434560, rs387906572, rs587776853, rs104893973, rs587776854, rs587776855, rs587776857, rs104893974, rs121912715, rs1393707607, rs113994136, rs387906593, rs587776870, rs387906763, rs387906913, rs199469663, rs199469662, rs199469664, rs193922640, rs193922641, rs193922645, rs398122890, rs387907316, rs397514710, rs398122383, rs397515453, rs397514332, rs398123058, rs397518423, rs587777075, rs199676861, rs77563738, rs587777337, rs28730670, rs587777389, rs587777390, rs587777413, rs587777414, rs587777415, rs587777416, rs267608260, rs267608261, rs587778405, rs587777446, rs587777562, rs587777564, rs587777565, rs869320745, rs587777709, rs606231305, rs672601318, rs727503779, rs727503780, rs730880296, rs786200953, rs375323253, rs794729666, rs886041037, rs886041038, rs796051887, rs796051888, rs749956849, rs199641706, rs775739391, rs869312886, rs869312857, rs879253731, rs879253732, rs201025290, rs770927552, rs878853275, rs878853276, rs878853277, rs878853278, rs1567506566, rs886037920, rs886037921, rs750610248, rs200044623, rs886043118, rs886060531, rs1057519074, rs1057519075, rs1057518744, rs1057519079, rs1057518745, rs1057518746, rs1057518747, rs782178147, rs55729925, rs1064795762, rs1064794957, rs1085307649, rs745463649, rs773694113, rs1192554889, rs779575307, rs1554051075, rs1554051067, rs1554051033, rs1554067182, rs1555167566, rs1555169270, rs1555908409, rs1555719963, rs1554064929, rs768091235, rs1404084330, rs144104577, rs1553238837, rs1553243550, rs1554020278, rs1554066684, rs762678772, rs570768621, rs1443126481, rs1553721236, rs121434258, rs888230251, rs1759915032, rs1759514836, rs138156467, rs1560914625, rs755373718, rs1561423197, rs1560938296, rs200803157, rs766555082, rs201543770, rs114951157, rs775578531, rs201128237, rs778624945, rs1563340753, rs1561772403, rs1484948342, rs777878144, rs1562364898, rs1561254290, rs1569296295, rs1568815169, rs1568822574, rs1571880832, rs934523851, rs1922072844, rs1266114717, rs137869655, rs869320689, rs1571880941, rs1580875488, rs1581303476, rs1448018291, rs1390410878, rs774803573, rs1591278347, rs1602300615, rs1601340933, rs757598952, rs1181595292, rs1408683294, rs1595843113, rs1595848141, rs779560450, rs1595816926, rs1601861196, rs1601861199, rs756541321, rs1594389703, rs1594390415, rs1581401865, rs1236009877, rs753213766, rs778993919, rs1602878106, rs141698985, rs1264504989, rs1580974401, rs2093571190, rs530286781, rs2086875746, rs2089298923, rs1206185362, rs1581573705, rs1596718225, rs1004337827, rs1573613529, rs1574636674, rs1574657735, rs1574657762, rs1574672718, rs1581573640, rs1553657429, rs200666300, rs1578735747, rs1578771211, rs1578793312, rs1578795536, rs1578809101, rs1578811073, rs1578811245, rs1171694504, rs1578971328, rs140800288, rs374333820, rs1584926133, rs1585040113, rs1584409386, rs1379376784, rs1586940273, rs1587143342, rs748910652, rs1592117677, rs758555433, rs1596712783, rs34019455, rs147766868, rs751386365, rs1600631294, rs1489114116, rs1057520578, rs1603007888, rs1603008329, rs1574450161, rs1578735709, rs1403833564, rs1580262965, rs570910902, rs1589866171, rs1578999313, rs1582635229, rs1582637044, rs1580851910, rs1750760771, rs745453685, rs1249197356, rs201840561, rs1940921909, rs1941410085, rs1941465194, rs1321690789, rs1302362911, rs1730552437, rs2052705192, rs1941856970	21524210, 22046141, 22046141, 25122610, 27893462, 21524210
Multiple sclerosis	Multiple Sclerosis, Multiple Sclerosis, Acute Fulminating	rs104895219, rs483353022, rs483353023, rs483353028, rs483353029, rs483353024, rs483353030, rs3207617, rs483353031, rs483353032, rs483353033, rs483353034, rs483353035, rs483353036, rs483353039, rs483353038, rs61731956, rs568165874, rs767480544	19525953
Rheumatoid arthritis	Rheumatoid Arthritis	rs3766379, rs3792876, rs2071592, rs3087456, rs587776843, rs1566328963, rs2240340, rs1557787212	23143596

Unknown
Disease name	Disease term	dbSNP ID	References
Erectile dysfunction	Erectile dysfunction		22704111
Immunologic deficiency syndromes	Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Kawasaki disease	Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome		22446961
Lymphocytic leukemia	Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma		23770605, 24292274, 21131588, 22700719, 24292274, 21131588
Oral ulcer	Oral Ulcer		30837455
Sinusitis	Sinusitis