Interleukin-17A
BE0005863ProteinHumansIL17A
Effector cytokine of innate and adaptive immune system involved in antimicrobial host defense and maintenance of tissue integrity (PubMed:24120361). It is acted on by 12 drugs in DrugBank.
- Gene name
- IL17A
- UniProtKB entry
- Q16552Swiss-Prot
- Cellular location
- Secreted
- Residues / weight
- 155 residues · 17,504 Da
- Also known as
- CTLA-8 · CTLA8 · Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated antigen 8 · IL-17 · IL-17A
Resolves to
Pharmacology
Drugs
What you can answer from here — as of September 03, 2024
Which approved drugs act on Interleukin-17A, how selective are they, and which programs against it are still in active trials?
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