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IL18 [extracellular region]
Stable Identifier
R-HSA-448446
Type
Protein [EntityWithAccessionedSequence]
Species
Homo sapiens
Compartment
extracellular region
Synonyms
IL18(37-193), Interleukin-18
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Locations in the PathwayBrowser
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Disease (Homo sapiens)
Infectious disease (Homo sapiens)
Parasitic Infection Pathways (Homo sapiens)
Leishmania infection (Homo sapiens)
Cell recruitment (pro-inflammatory response) (Homo sapiens)
Purinergic signaling in leishmaniasis infection (Homo sapiens)
Interleukin-1 family are secreted (Homo sapiens)
Interleukin-1 family [extracellular region] (Homo sapiens)
IL18 [extracellular region] (Homo sapiens)
Immune System (Homo sapiens)
Cytokine Signaling in Immune system (Homo sapiens)
Signaling by Interleukins (Homo sapiens)
Interleukin-1 family signaling (Homo sapiens)
Interleukin-1 processing (Homo sapiens)
Interleukin-1 family are secreted (Homo sapiens)
Interleukin-1 family [extracellular region] (Homo sapiens)
IL18 [extracellular region] (Homo sapiens)
Interleukin-18 signaling (Homo sapiens)
IL18 binds IL18R1 (Homo sapiens)
IL18 [extracellular region] (Homo sapiens)
IL18:IL18R1 [plasma membrane] (Homo sapiens)
IL18 [extracellular region] (Homo sapiens)
IL18BP:IL18 [extracellular region] (Homo sapiens)
IL18 [extracellular region] (Homo sapiens)
IL18:IL18R1 binds IL18RAP (Homo sapiens)
IL18:IL18R1 [plasma membrane] (Homo sapiens)
IL18 [extracellular region] (Homo sapiens)
IL18:IL18R1:IL18RAP [plasma membrane] (Homo sapiens)
IL18:IL18R1 [plasma membrane] (Homo sapiens)
IL18 [extracellular region] (Homo sapiens)
IL18BP binds IL18 (Homo sapiens)
IL18 [extracellular region] (Homo sapiens)
IL18BP:IL18 [extracellular region] (Homo sapiens)
IL18 [extracellular region] (Homo sapiens)
Interleukin-10 signaling (Homo sapiens)
IL10 negatively regulates extracellular inflammatory mediators (Homo sapiens)
IL10-downregulated extracellular proteins [extracellular region] (Homo sapiens)
IL18 [extracellular region] (Homo sapiens)
Programmed Cell Death (Homo sapiens)
Regulated Necrosis (Homo sapiens)
Pyroptosis (Homo sapiens)
Interleukin-1 family are secreted (Homo sapiens)
Interleukin-1 family [extracellular region] (Homo sapiens)
IL18 [extracellular region] (Homo sapiens)
External Reference Information
External Reference
UniProt:Q14116 IL18
Gene Names
IL18, IGIF, IL1F4
Chain
propeptide:1-36, chain:37-193
Reference Genes
BioGPS Gene:3606 IL18
COSMIC (genes):IL18 IL18
CTD Gene:3606 IL18
dbSNP Gene:3606 IL18
ENSEMBL:ENSG00000150782 IL18
HGNC:5986 IL18
KEGG:hsa:3606 IL18
Monarch:3606 IL18
NCBI Gene:3606 IL18
OMIM:600953 IL18
UCSC:Q14116 IL18
Reference Transcript
RefSeq:NM_001562.3 IL18
RefSeq:XM_011542805.1 IL18
RefSeq:XM_011542806.2 IL18
RefSeq:NM_001243211.1 IL18
Participates
as a member of
IL10-downregulated extracellular proteins [extracellular region] (Homo sapiens)
Interleukin-1 family [extracellular region] (Homo sapiens)
as a component of
IL18:IL18R1 [plasma membrane] (Homo sapiens)
IL18BP:IL18 [extracellular region] (Homo sapiens)
as an input of
IL18 binds IL18R1 (Homo sapiens)
IL18BP binds IL18 (Homo sapiens)
Other forms of this molecule
IL18(1-193) [cytosol]
IL18 [cytosol]
IL18(1-36) [cytosol]
Inferred To
IL18 [extracellular region]
(Bos taurus)
IL18 [extracellular region]
(Canis familiaris)
IL18 [extracellular region]
(Sus scrofa)
il1fma [extracellular region]
(Danio rerio)
Homologues of IL18 [extracellular region]
(Sus scrofa)
Homologues of IL18 [extracellular region]
(Xenopus tropicalis)
Il18 [extracellular region]
(Mus musculus)
Il18 [extracellular region]
(Rattus norvegicus)
LOC105946938 [extracellular region]
(Xenopus tropicalis)
il1b [extracellular region]
(Xenopus tropicalis)
IL-18 [extracellular region]
(Gallus gallus)
Cross References
OpenTargets
ENSG00000150782
ENSEMBL
ENSP00000434561
,
ENSP00000434161
,
ENST00000280357
,
ENSP00000280357
,
ENSG00000150782
,
ENST00000528832
,
ENST00000524595
HPA
ENSG00000150782-IL18
GeneCards
IL18
PRO
Q14116
Pharos - Targets
Q14116
GlyGen
Q14116
PDB
2VXT
,
1J0S
,
8J6K
,
8SV1
,
4EKX
,
4R6U
,
8SPB
,
3F62
,
3WO4
,
4HJJ
,
4XFU
,
3WO3
,
4XFT
,
7AL7
,
4XFS
,
4EEE
,
3WO2
,
8URV
Interactors (7)
Accession
#Entities
Entities
Confidence Score
Evidence (IntAct)
UniProt:P48594 SPB4
0.589
2
UniProt:Q13478 IL18R1
1
IL18R1 [plasma membrane]
(R-HSA-197600)
0.558
2
UniProt:Q9IW12 Q9IW12
0.558
2
UniProt:Q15847 ADIRF
1
ADIRF [nucleoplasm]
(R-HSA-8936822)
0.556
3
UniProt:P13385 TDGF1
1
N-aspartyl-glycosylphosphatidylinositolethanolamine-TDGF1(31-188) [plasma membrane]
(R-HSA-452300)
0.527
2
UniProt:Q9BV97 ZNF747
1
ZNF747 [nucleoplasm]
(R-HSA-2586596)
0.527
2
UniProt:Q9Y3C0 WASC3
0.527
2
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