NIH R01 · 2024
Project Summary/Abstract Interleukin-38 (IL-38), a member of the IL-1 family, has not been studied until recently despite its discovery 20 years ago. It is a neglected cytokine because no receptor was identified for how IL-38 functioned. However, in 2012, we reported that recombinant human IL-38 bound to the IL-36 receptor (now IL-1R6) and suppressed the production of IL-17 and IL-22. In that study, we proposed that IL-38 acted as a receptor antagonist for IL-1R6. However, the dose-response of IL-38 did not behave as receptor antagonist but rather acted as an inhibitor of cell activities. New data suggests that IL-38 requires IL-1R6, an orphan receptor in the IL-1 Family, to suppress IL-17.…
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