Gene
Entrez ID Entrez Gene ID - the GENE ID in NCBI Gene database.
59067
Gene name Gene Name - the full gene name approved by the HGNC.
Interleukin 21
Gene symbol Gene Symbol - the official gene symbol approved by the HGNC.
IL21
Synonyms (NCBI Gene) Gene synonyms aliases
CVID11, IL-21, Za11
Disease Acronyms (UniProt) Disease acronyms from UniProt database
CVID11
Chromosome Chromosome number
4
Chromosome location Chromosomal Location - indicates the cytogenetic location of the gene or region on the chromosome.
4q27
Summary Summary of gene provided in NCBI Entrez Gene.
This gene encodes a member of the common-gamma chain family of cytokines with immunoregulatory activity. The encoded protein plays a role in both the innate and adaptive immune responses by inducing the differentiation, proliferation and activity of multi
miRNA miRNA information provided by mirtarbase database.
miRTarBase ID miRNA Experiments Reference
MIRT1064517 hsa-miR-3190 CLIP-seq
Transcription factors
Transcription factor Regulation Reference
NFKB1 Unknown 19617351
STAT3 Activation 18209077
Gene ontology (GO) Gene ontology information of associated ontologies with gene provided by GO database.
GO ID Ontology Definition Evidence Reference
GO:0001819 Process Positive regulation of cytokine production IDA 19322899
GO:0002314 Process Germinal center B cell differentiation ISS
GO:0002377 Process Immunoglobulin production ISS
GO:0005125 Function Cytokine activity IEA
GO:0005126 Function Cytokine receptor binding TAS 15546387
Other IDs Other ids provides unique ids of gene in databases such as OMIM, HGNC, ENSEMBLE.
MIM HGNC e!Ensembl
605384 6005 ENSG00000138684
Protein
UniProt ID Q9HBE4
Protein name Interleukin-21 (IL-21) (Za11)
Protein function Cytokine with immunoregulatory activity. May promote the transition between innate and adaptive immunity. Induces the production of IgG(1) and IgG(3) in B-cells (By similarity). Implicated in the generation and maintenance of T follicular helper
PDB 2OQP , 3TGX , 8ENT
Family and domains

Pfam

Accession ID Position in sequence Description Type
PF02372 IL15 11 149 Interleukin 15 Domain
Tissue specificity TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Expressed in activated CD4-positive T-cells but not in CD8-positive T-cells, B-cells, or monocytes. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:11081504}.
Sequence
Sequence length 162
Interactions View interactions
Pathways Pathway information has different metabolic/signaling pathways associated with genes.
  KEGG   Reactome
  Cytokine-cytokine receptor interaction
JAK-STAT signaling pathway
Th17 cell differentiation
Inflammatory bowel disease
  Interleukin-21 signaling
Associated diseases Disease information provided by ClinVar, GenCC, and GWAS databases.
Causal
Disease term Disease name dbSNP ID References
Common variable immunodeficiency Common Variable Immunodeficiency, Acquired Hypogammaglobulinemia, IMMUNODEFICIENCY, COMMON VARIABLE, 11 rs72553883, rs121908379, rs104894650, rs587776775, rs398122863, rs398122864, rs397514332, rs397514331, rs727502786, rs727502787, rs72553882, rs869320688, rs869320689, rs869320754, rs773694113
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19890111, 24746753
Inflammatory bowel disease IL21-related infantile inflammatory bowel disease rs137853579, rs137853580, rs121909601, rs149491038, rs368287711, rs387907326, rs587777338, rs758439420, rs1329427406, rs1264862631, rs1192830343, rs1373354533, rs1419560997, rs1591263883, rs1989014468
Unknown
Disease term Disease name Evidence References Source
Celiac disease Celiac Disease, Celiac disease 17558408 ClinVar, GWAS
Common Variable Immunodeficiency common variable immunodeficiency GenCC
Alopecia Areata Alopecia Areata GWAS
Rheumatoid arthritis Rheumatoid arthritis GWAS
Associations from Text Mining
Disease Name Relationship Type References
Abortion Habitual Associate 21768062
Abortion Spontaneous Associate 21768062
Abortion Spontaneous Stimulate 36096448
Acrodermatitis Associate 27884624
Adenocarcinoma Associate 35800186
Agammaglobulinemia Associate 33228556
Anti Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody Associated Vasculitis Associate 23799890, 31164680
Antiphospholipid Syndrome Associate 30872365
Aortic Aneurysm Thoracic Associate 30810667
Aortic Valve Calcification of Associate 33173427