IL27RA
Identifiers
Aliases	IL27RA, CRL1, IL-27RA, IL27R, TCCR, WSX1, zcytor1, Interleukin 27 receptor, alpha subunit, interleukin 27 receptor subunit alpha
External IDs	OMIM: 605350 MGI: 1355318 HomoloGene: 3562 GeneCards: IL27RA
Gene location (Human) Chr. Chromosome 19 (human)[1] Band 19p13.12 Start 14,031,762 bp[1] End 14,053,218 bp[1]
Gene location (Mouse) Chr. Chromosome 8 (mouse)[2] Band 8|8 C2 Start 84,756,923 bp[2] End 84,769,218 bp[2]
RNA expression pattern Bgee Human Mouse (ortholog) Top expressed in monocyte lymph node blood appendix spleen bone marrow cells upper lobe of left lung left ventricle thymus right lung Top expressed in lymph node blood thymus spleen extraocular muscle subcutaneous adipose tissue ventricle white adipose tissue right lung lobe atrium More reference expression data BioGPS More reference expression data
Gene ontology Molecular function transmembrane signaling receptor activity interleukin-27 receptor activity cytokine receptor activity cytokine binding Cellular component integral component of membrane plasma membrane integral component of plasma membrane membrane external side of plasma membrane receptor complex Biological process negative regulation of type 2 immune response cell surface receptor signaling pathway positive regulation of interferon-gamma production regulation of isotype switching to IgG isotypes positive regulation of T-helper 1 type immune response immune response defense response to Gram-positive bacterium interleukin-27-mediated signaling pathway interleukin-35-mediated signaling pathway negative regulation of cellular extravasation negative regulation of T-helper 17 type immune response negative regulation of T cell extravasation Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs Species Human Mouse Entrez 9466 50931 Ensembl ENSG00000104998 ENSG00000288185 ENSMUSG00000005465 UniProt Q6UWB1 O70394 RefSeq (mRNA) NM_004843 NM_016671 RefSeq (protein) NP_004834 NP_057880 Location (UCSC) Chr 19: 14.03 – 14.05 Mb Chr 8: 84.76 – 84.77 Mb PubMed search [3] [4]
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Interleukin 27 receptor, alpha is a subunit of the interleukin-27 receptor. IL27RA is its human gene.^[5]

Function

In mice, CD4+ helper T-cells differentiate into type 1 (Th1) cells, which are critical for cell-mediated immunity, predominantly under the influence of IL12. Also, IL4 influences their differentiation into type 2 (Th2) cells, which are critical for most antibody responses. Mice deficient in these cytokines, their receptors, or associated transcription factors have impaired, but are not absent of, Th1 or Th2 immune responses. This gene encodes a protein which is similar to the mouse T-cell cytokine receptor Tccr at the amino acid level, and is predicted to be a glycosylated transmembrane protein.^[5]

Interactions

Interleukin 27 receptor, alpha subunit has been shown to interact with STAT1.^[6]