Interleukin-3
BE0000125ProteinHumansIL3
Cytokine secreted predominantly by activated T-lymphocytes as well as mast cells and osteoblastic cells that controls the production and differentiation of hematopoietic progenitor cells into lineage-restricted cells (PubMed:2556442). It is acted on by 6 drugs in DrugBank.
- Gene name
- IL3
- UniProtKB entry
- P08700Swiss-Prot
- Cellular location
- Secreted
- Residues / weight
- 152 residues · 17,233 Da
- Also known as
- Hematopoietic growth factor · IL-3 · Mast cell growth factor · MCGF · Multipotential colony-stimulating factor
Resolves to
Pharmacology
Drugs
What you can answer from here — as of September 07, 2019
Which approved drugs act on Interleukin-3, how selective are they, and which programs against it are still in active trials?
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