IL-1 family nomenclature

Autophagy and IL-1 Family Cytokines

Autophagy is an important intracellular homeostatic mechanism for the targeting of cytosolic constituents, including organelles, for lysosomal degradation. Autophagy plays roles in numerous physiological processes, including immune cell responses to endogenous and exogenous pathogenic stimuli. Moreover, autophagy has a potentially pivotal role to play in the regulation of inflammatory responses...

The IL-1 family and inflammatory diseases.

IL-1 and its related family member IL-18 are primarily proinflammatory cytokines by their ability to stimulate the expression of genes associated with inflammation and autoimmune diseases. For IL-1 (IL-1alpha and IL-1beta), the most salient and relevant properties are the initiation of cyclooxygenase type 2 (COX-2), type 2 phospholipase A and inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS). This account...

Nomenclature: Vertebrate Mediators of TGFβ Family Signals

Anita B. Roberts,10 Jim Smith,11 Gerald H. Thomsen,14 Nomenclature: Vertebrate Bert Vogelstein,7,12 and Xiao-Fan Wang,13 Mediators of TGFb Family 1 Departments of Growth and Development, and Anatomy, Programs of Cell and Developmental Biology Signals University of California, San Francisco San Francisco, California 94143-0640 2 Department of Cellular Developmental Biology The Mad (mothers again...

Regulation of IL-1 Family Cytokines IL-1 , IL-1 Receptor Antagonist, and IL-18 by 1,25-Dihydroxyvitamin D3 in Primary Keratinocytes

Structure-function relationship in the IL-1 family.

The interleukin 1 (IL-1) family is a group of related cytokines including two agonist proteins (IL-1alpha and IL-1beta), each derived by enzymatic cleavage of precursor proteins (pro-IL-1alpha and pro-IL-1beta), and three forms of an antagonist protein (IL-1ra, icIL-1raI, icIL-1raII). IL-1 plays a key role in the onset and development of the host reaction to invasion, being an important factor ...