| Protein Name | interleukin 4 |
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| Organism | Rattus norvegicus |
| Gene ID | 287287 |
| Gene Symbol | Il4 |
| UniProt | P20096 (IL4_RAT) |
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Total Number of functionally related compound(s) :
491
Total Number of Articles : 568 |
Description |
interleukin 4 |
| Gene Summary |
Predicted to enable cytokine activity. Involved in several processes, including positive regulation of biosynthetic process; positive regulation of leukocyte migration; and regulation of defense response. Located in extracellular space. Used to study anti-basement membrane glomerulonephritis; autoimmune thyroiditis; and pelvic inflammatory disease. Biomarker of several diseases, including cerebrovascular disease (multiple); interstitial lung disease (multiple); irritant dermatitis; rhinitis (multiple); and trypanosomiasis. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in several diseases, including asthma (multiple); atopic dermatitis; autoimmune disease (multiple); pancreatic cancer (multiple); and viral hepatitis (multiple). Orthologous to human IL4 (interleukin 4). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025] |
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