Interleukin-4
BE0003520ProteinHumansIL4
Cytokine secreted primarily by mast cells, T-cells, eosinophils, and basophils that plays a role in regulating antibody production, hematopoiesis and inflammation, and the development of effector T-cell responses (PubMed:1993171, PubMed:3016727). It is acted on by 5 drugs in DrugBank.
- Gene name
- IL4
- UniProtKB entry
- P05112Swiss-Prot
- Cellular location
- Secreted
- Residues / weight
- 153 residues · 17,492 Da
- Also known as
- B-cell stimulatory factor 1 · Binetrakin · BSF-1 · IL-4 · Lymphocyte stimulatory factor 1
Resolves to
Pharmacology
Drugs
What you can answer from here — as of September 07, 2019
Which approved drugs act on Interleukin-4, how selective are they, and which programs against it are still in active trials?
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