Gene
Entrez ID Entrez Gene ID - the GENE ID in NCBI Gene database.
3394
Gene name Gene Name - the full gene name approved by the HGNC.
Interferon regulatory factor 8
Gene symbol Gene Symbol - the official gene symbol approved by the HGNC.
IRF8
Synonyms (NCBI Gene) Gene synonyms aliases
H-ICSBP, ICSBP, ICSBP1, IMD32A, IMD32B, IRF-8
Disease Acronyms (UniProt) Disease acronyms from UniProt database
IMD32A, IMD32B
Chromosome Chromosome number
16
Chromosome location Chromosomal Location - indicates the cytogenetic location of the gene or region on the chromosome.
16q24.1
Summary Summary of gene provided in NCBI Entrez Gene.
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 information provided by dbSNP.
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 miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
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
Transcription factors
Transcription factor Regulation Reference
MBD1 Repression 19074829
STAT1 Activation 16918696;19074829
WT1 Repression 20237505
Gene ontology (GO) Gene ontology information of associated ontologies with gene provided by GO database.
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
Other IDs Other ids provides unique ids of gene in databases such as OMIM, HGNC, ENSEMBLE.
MIM HGNC e!Ensembl
601565 5358 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
Tissue specificity TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Predominantly expressed in lymphoid tissues. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:1460054, ECO:0000269|PubMed:23166356}.
Sequence
Sequence length 426
Interactions View interactions
Pathways Pathway information has different metabolic/signaling pathways associated with genes.
  KEGG   Reactome
  Pertussis   Interferon gamma signaling
Interferon alpha/beta signaling
Associated diseases Disease information provided by ClinVar, GenCC, and GWAS databases.
Causal
Disease term Disease name dbSNP ID References
Breast cancer Malignant neoplasm of breast rs587776547, rs1137887, rs137853007, rs587776650, rs80359351, rs80359714, rs121917783, rs104886456, rs121964878, rs80359874, rs80357868, rs80357508, rs387906843, rs80357569, rs80358158
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Bronchiectasis Bronchiectasis rs121908758, rs121908811, rs76649725, rs267606722, rs121909008, rs387906360, rs387906361, rs80034486, rs74767530, rs121908776, rs121909012, rs77646904, rs121908754, rs121909015, rs121909016
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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
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21524210, 22046141, 25122610, 27893462
Unknown
Disease term Disease name Evidence References Source
Systemic lupus erythematosus Systemic lupus erythematosus GWAS
Lymphocytic Leukemia Lymphocytic Leukemia GWAS
Biliary Cholangitis Biliary Cholangitis GWAS
Associations from Text Mining
Disease Name Relationship Type References
Adenocarcinoma of Lung Associate 30587197
AIDS Dementia Complex Associate 29128673
Anemia Refractory with Excess of Blasts Associate 25803272
Asthma Associate 35751199
Atherosclerosis Associate 25478796, 34020127, 34122426
Autoimmune Diseases Associate 23616277, 26794091
Behcet Syndrome Associate 26794091, 28166214, 28592884
Bone Resorption Associate 27559096
Breast Neoplasms Associate 28388578, 33766090
Bronchiolitis Obliterans Syndrome Associate 28851699