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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Chang SH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3078175 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cellular signalling 20101202 7
IL-17 cytokine family, though still young since discovery, has recently emerged as critical players in immunity and inflammatory diseases. The prototype cytokine, IL-17A, plays essential roles in promoting inflammation and host defense. IL-17RA, a member of the IL-17 receptor family, forms a complex with another member, IL-17RC, to mediate effective signaling for IL-17A as well as IL-17F, which is most similar to IL-17A, via Act1 and TRAF6 factors. On the other hand, IL-17RA appears to interact ...[more]