Version: 8.0.0Date: Tue Jan 28 2025
Gene
IL7
- Species
- Homo sapiens
- Symbol
- IL7
- Name
- interleukin 7
- Synonyms
- IL-7
- IL7 nirs variant 6
- Biotype
- protein coding gene
- Automated Description
- Enables cytokine activity. Involved in interleukin-7-mediated signaling pathway; positive regulation of chemokine production; and positive regulation of cytokine-mediated signaling pathway. Located in extracellular region. Is active in extracellular space. Implicated in epidermodysplasia verruciformis. Biomarker of Alzheimer's disease; COVID-19; and lung non-small cell carcinoma.
- RGD Description
- The protein encoded by this gene is a cytokine important for B and T cell development. This cytokine and the hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) form a heterodimer that functions as a pre-pro-B cell growth-stimulating factor. IL7 is found to be a cofactor for V(D)J rearrangement of the T cell receptor beta (TCRB) during early T cell development. This cytokine can be produced locally by intestinal epithelial and epithelial goblet cells, and may serve as a regulatory factor for intestinal mucosal lymphocytes. IL7 plays an essential role in lymphoid cell survival, and in the maintenance of naive and memory T cells. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms. Additional splice variants have been described but their presence in normal tissues has not been confirmed. Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection can be a potent inducer of proinflammatory cytokines and chemokines which may defend against the infection, but may also mediate destructive lung injury. Elevated serum IL7 levels, together with several other circulating cytokines and chemokines, has been found to be associated with the severity of Coronavirus Disease 19 (COVID-19). [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2020]
- Cross References
- Additional Information
- Literature
Orthology
- Gene tree
- PANTHER:PTHR48404
Links to orthology data in JBrowse by filter level: Stringent, Moderate, No filter, Best and Best Reverse
Phenotypes
- Primary Sources
- None
- Other Sources
Phenotype Term | Annotation details | References |
|---|---|---|
| No records match query. Try removing filters. | ||
Showing 0 - 0 of 0 rows
per page
Disease Associations
Cases where the expected disease association was NOT found
Cell color indicative of annotation volume
No data available
Alleles and Variants
Allele/Variant Symbol | Allele Synonyms | Category | Variant | Variant type | Molecular consequence | Has Disease Annotations | Has Phenotype Annotations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No records match query. Try removing filters. | |||||||
Showing 0 - 0 of 0 rows
per page
Transgenic Alleles
Species (carrying the transgene) | Allele symbol | Transgenic construct | Expressed components | Knock-down targets | Regulatory regions | Has Disease Annotations | Has Phenotype Annotations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No records match query. Try removing filters. | |||||||
Showing 0 - 0 of 0 rows
per page
Models
Model name | Experimental condition | Associated Human Diseases | Associated Phenotypes | Modifier | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No records match query. Try removing filters. | |||||
Showing 0 - 0 of 0 rows
per page
Sequence Feature Viewer
- Genome location
- Chr8:78675044...78805523 - (130.48 kb)
- Assembly version
- GRCh38
- Viewer Help
Data currently unavailable; sequence viewer under construction
Expression
- Primary Sources
- None
- Other Sources
Cell color indicative of annotation volume; red slash indicates species lacks structure or developmental stage.