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SUBMITTER: Fossiez F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2192621 | biostudies-other | 1996 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Fossiez F F Djossou O O Chomarat P P Flores-Romo L L Ait-Yahia S S Maat C C Pin J J JJ Garrone P P Garcia E E Saeland S S Blanchard D D Gaillard C C Das Mahapatra B B Rouvier E E Golstein P P Banchereau J J Lebecque S S
The Journal of experimental medicine 19960601 6
Analysis of the cDNA encoding murine interleukin (IL) 17 (cytotoxic T lymphocyte associated antigen 8) predicted a secreted protein sharing 57% amino acid identity with the protein predicted from ORF13, an open reading frame of Herpesvirus saimiri. Here we report on the cloning of human IL-17 (hIL-17), the human counterpart of murine IL-17. hIL-17 is a glycoprotein of 155 amino acids secreted as an homodimer by activated memory CD4+ T cells. Although devoid of direct effects on cells of hematopo ...[more]