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Integrative genomic analyses of a novel cytokine, interleukin-34 and its potential role in cancer prediction.
International journal of molecular medicine - 1 Jan 2015
Wang Bo, Xu Wenming, Tan Miaolian, Xiao Yan, Yang Haiwei, Xia Tian-Song
Abstract excerpt
Interleukin-34 (IL-34) is a novel cytokine, which is composed of 222 amino acids and forms homodimers. It binds to the macrophage colony-stimulating factor (M-CSF) receptor and plays an important role in innate immunity and inflammatory processes. In the present study, we identified the completed IL-34 gene in 25 various mammalian genomes and found that IL-34 existed in all types of vertebrates, including fish,...
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