InnateDB: Systems Biology of the Innate Immune Response

Homo sapiens Protein: IL9

Summary

InnateDB Protein

IDBP-45712.5

Last Modified

2014-10-13 [Report errors or provide feedback]

Gene Symbol

IL9

Protein Name

interleukin 9

Synonyms

HP40; IL-9; P40;

Species

Homo sapiens

Ensembl Protein

ENSP00000274520

InnateDB Gene

IDBG-45710 (IL9)

Protein Structure

UniProt Annotation

Function

Supports IL-2 independent and IL-4 independent growth of helper T-cells.

Subcellular Localization

Secreted.

Disease Associations

Tissue Specificity

Comments

Interactions

Number of Interactions

This gene and/or its encoded proteins are associated with 4 experimentally validated interaction(s) in this database.
They are also associated with 8 interaction(s) predicted by orthology.

Experimentally validated
Total	4 [view]
Protein-Protein	2 [view]
Protein-DNA	2 [view]
Protein-RNA	0
DNA-DNA	0
RNA-RNA	0
DNA-RNA	0

Predicted by orthology
Total	8 [view]

Gene Ontology

Molecular Function

Accession	GO Term
GO:0005125	cytokine activity
GO:0005126	cytokine receptor binding
GO:0005140	interleukin-9 receptor binding
GO:0008083	growth factor activity

Biological Process

GO:0006954	inflammatory response
GO:0006955	immune response
GO:0008284	positive regulation of cell proliferation
GO:0030307	positive regulation of cell growth
GO:0045087	innate immune response (InnateDB)
GO:0045407	positive regulation of interleukin-5 biosynthetic process