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Facts about Interleukin-21 receptor.
| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | IL21R |
| Uniprot: | Q9HBE5 |
| Entrez: | 50615 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| type I cytokine receptor family |

CD360 antigen; CD360; IL-21 R; IL-21 receptor; IL21R; IL-21R; interleukin 21 receptor; interleukin-21 receptor; MGC10967; NILR; Novel interleukin receptor
Mass (kDA):
59.13 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 16p12.1 |
| Sequence: | 16; NC_000016.10 (27402162..27452043) |
Selectively expressed in lymphoid tissues. Most highly expressed in thymus and spleen.
Membrane; Single-pass type I membrane protein.





PMID: 11081504 by Parrish-Novak J., et al. Interleukin 21 and its receptor are involved in NK cell expansion and regulation of lymphocyte function.
PMID: 11016959 by Ozaki K., et al. Cloning of a type I cytokine receptor most related to the IL-2 receptor beta chain.