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Gene Information

Gene symbol: IL17C

Gene name: interleukin 17C

HGNC ID: 5983

Synonyms: IL-17C, CX2, IL-21, MGC126884, MGC138401

Related Genes

# Gene Symbol Number of hits
1 CD8A 1 hits
2 COL1A1 1 hits
3 IL17A 1 hits
4 IL2 1 hits
5 IRF4 1 hits

Related Sentences

# PMID Sentence
1 18779574 IL-21 is elevated in several autoimmune diseases, and blocking its action has attenuated disease in MRL/lpr mice and in collagen-induced arthritis.
2 19208913 Conversely, overexpression of IL-21 in pancreatic beta-cells induced inflammatory cytokine and chemokines, including IL-17A, IL17F, IFN-gamma, monocyte chemoattractant protein (MCP)-1, MCP-2, and interferon-inducible protein-10 in the pancreas.
3 20498357 Furthermore, the addition of TGF-beta to the Th17-inducing cytokines (IL-1beta, IL-6, IL-21, IL-23) that induce memory cells to secrete IL-17, resulted in the marked coexpression of IL-9 in IL-17 producing memory cells.
4 21111405 Interferon Regulatory Factor (IRF4) is a crucial regulator of IL-17 and IL-21 production.
5 21430227 In this paper, we report that prior stimulation with IL-15 and IL-21 also enables CD8(+) T cells to respond to weakly agonistic TCR ligands, resulting in proliferation, cytokine secretion, and cytolytic activity.
6 21593413 Whereas IL-2 promotes development of regulatory T cells and confers protection from autoimmune disease, IL-21 promotes differentiation of Th17 cells and is implicated in several autoimmune diseases, including type 1 diabetes and systemic lupus erythematosus.