Interleukin 18 (IL-18) Antibody – Rabbit Polyclonal

The protein encoded by this gene is a proinflammatory cytokine that augments natural killer cell activity in spleen cells, and stimulates interferon gamma production in T-helper type I cells. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene.[provided by RefSeq, Aug 2011]

IL18: Augments natural killer cell activity in spleen cells and stimulates interferon gamma production in T-helper type I cells. Belongs to the IL-1 family.

Protein type: Cytokine

Chromosomal Location of Human Ortholog: 11q23.1

Cellular Component: cytosol; extracellular region; extracellular space

Molecular Function: cytokine activity; protein binding

Biological Process: activation of protein kinase B; angiogenesis; cell-cell signaling; chemokine biosynthetic process; cholesterol homeostasis; granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor biosynthetic process; immune response; inflammatory response; interferon-gamma biosynthetic process; interleukin-13 biosynthetic process; interleukin-2 biosynthetic process; lipopolysaccharide-mediated signaling pathway; MAPKKK cascade; positive regulation of activated T cell proliferation; positive regulation of granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor production; positive regulation of inflammatory response; positive regulation of interferon-gamma production; positive regulation of interleukin-17 production; positive regulation of natural killer cell proliferation; positive regulation of NK T cell proliferation; positive regulation of phosphoinositide 3-kinase cascade; positive regulation of protein kinase B signaling cascade; positive regulation of smooth muscle cell proliferation; positive regulation of T-helper 2 cell differentiation; positive regulation of tissue remodeling; positive regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter; positive regulation of tyrosine phosphorylation of Stat3 protein; regulation of cell adhesion; sleep; T-helper 1 type immune response; T-helper 2 type immune response