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Il18 Gene Detail
Summary
  • Symbol
    Il18
  • Name
    interleukin 18
  • Synonyms
    Igif, Il-18
  • Feature Type
    protein coding gene
  • IDs
    MGI:107936
    NCBI Gene: 16173
  • Alliance
  • Transcription Start Sites
    4 TSS
Location &
Maps
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  • Sequence Map
    Chr9:50466127-50493140 bp, + strand
    From Ensembl annotation of GRCm39
  • View this region in JBrowse
  • Genome Browsers
  • Genetic Map
    Chromosome 9, 27.75 cM
  • Mapping Data
    7 experiments
Strain
Comparison
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  • SNPs within 2kb
    202 from dbSNP Build 142
  • Strain Annotations
    18
  • RFLP
For selected strains:
Strain Gene Model ID Feature Type Coordinates Select Strains
C57BL/6J MGI_C57BL6J_107936
protein coding gene Chr9:50466000-50493141 (+)
129S1/SvImJ MGP_129S1SvImJ_G0034780
protein coding gene Chr9:49471812-49480766 (+)
A/J MGP_AJ_G0034761
protein coding gene Chr9:47958318-47965538 (+)
AKR/J MGP_AKRJ_G0034689
protein coding gene Chr9:48970785-48977171 (+)
BALB/cJ MGP_BALBcJ_G0034753
protein coding gene Chr9:47686299-47693122 (+)
C3H/HeJ MGP_C3HHeJ_G0034463
protein coding gene Chr9:49457325-49464617 (+)
C57BL/6NJ MGP_C57BL6NJ_G0035273
protein coding gene Chr9:50847186-50857771 (+)
CAROLI/EiJ MGP_CAROLIEiJ_G0032186
protein coding gene Chr9:47427282-47433657 (+)
CAST/EiJ MGP_CASTEiJ_G0033785
protein coding gene Chr9:49403523-49411350 (+)
CBA/J MGP_CBAJ_G0034435
protein coding gene Chr9:52661632-52668920 (+)
DBA/2J MGP_DBA2J_G0034594
protein coding gene Chr9:47823011-47829849 (+)
FVB/NJ MGP_FVBNJ_G0034535
protein coding gene Chr9:47039923-47046624 (+)
LP/J MGP_LPJ_G0034675
protein coding gene Chr9:49829012-49837598 (+)
NOD/ShiLtJ MGP_NODShiLtJ_G0034578
protein coding gene Chr9:54260161-54267369 (+)
NZO/HlLtJ MGP_NZOHlLtJ_G0035294
protein coding gene Chr9:48947678-48955184 (+)
PWK/PhJ MGP_PWKPhJ_G0033490
protein coding gene Chr9:47799502-47806189 (+)
SPRET/EiJ MGP_SPRETEiJ_G0033325
protein coding gene Chr9:49262314-49268808 (+)
WSB/EiJ MGP_WSBEiJ_G0033898
protein coding gene Chr9:48954374-48960588 (+)



Homology
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  • Human Ortholog
    IL18, interleukin 18
  • Vertebrate Orthologs
    2
Vertebrate Orthology Source
Alliance of Genome Resources
  • Human Ortholog
    IL18, interleukin 18
  • Synonyms
    IGIF, IL-18, IL1F4, IL-1g
  • Links
    NCBI Gene ID: 3606
    neXtProt AC: NX_Q14116
    UniProt: Q14116

  • Chr Location
    11q23.1; chr11:112143253-112164096 (-)  GRCh38

Human Diseases
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  • Diseases
    17 with human IL18 associations

Human Disease Mouse Models
      
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  • Mutations/Alleles
    1 with disease annotations
  • References
    1 with disease annotations
Mutations,
Alleles, and
Phenotypes
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  • Phenotype Summary
    42 phenotypes from 3 alleles in 6 genetic backgrounds
    47 phenotypes from multigenic genotypes
    257 phenotype references
Phenotype Overview

adipose tissue
behavior/neurological
cardiovascular system
cellular
craniofacial
digestive/alimentary system
embryo
endocrine/exocrine glands
growth/size/body
hearing/vestibular/ear
hematopoietic system
homeostasis/metabolism
integument
immune system
limbs/digits/tail
liver/biliary system
mortality/aging
muscle
nervous system
pigmentation
renal/urinary system
reproductive system
respiratory system
skeleton
taste/olfaction
neoplasm
vision/eye

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Mice homozygous for null alleles are deficient in producing IFN-gamma in response to infectious agents and have other impairments of the immune system.
Gene Ontology
(GO)
Classifications
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  • All GO Annotations
  • GO References
Molecular Function

carbohydrate derivative binding
cytoskeletal protein binding
DNA binding
enzyme regulator
hydrolase
ligase
lipid binding
oxidoreductase
RNA binding
signaling receptor activity
signaling receptor binding
transcription
transferase
transporter
Biological Process

carbohydrate derivative metabolism
cell differentiation
cell population proliferation
cellular component organization
DNA-templated transcription
establishment of localization
homeostatic process
immune system process
lipid metabolic process
programmed cell death
protein metabolic process
response to stimulus
signaling
system development
Cellular Component

cell projection
cytoplasmic vesicle
cytoskeleton
cytosol
endoplasmic reticulum
endosome
extracellular region
Golgi apparatus
mitochondrion
non-membrane-bounded organelle
nucleus
organelle envelope
organelle lumen
plasma membrane
protein-containing complex
synapse
vacuole
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Expression
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Expression Overview

early conceptus
embryo ectoderm
embryo endoderm
embryo mesoderm
embryo mesenchyme
extraembryonic component
alimentary system
auditory system
branchial arches
cardiovascular system
connective tissue
endocrine system
exocrine system
hemolymphoid system
integumental system
limbs
liver and biliary system
musculoskeletal system
nervous system
olfactory system
reproductive system
respiratory system
urinary system
visual system
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  • Assay Results
  • Tissues
  • cDNA Data
  • Literature Summary
  • Comparison Matrix
  • Sequences &
    Gene Models
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    Representative SequencesLengthStrain/SpeciesFlank
    genomic ENSMUSG00000039217 Ensembl Gene Model | MGI Sequence Detail 27014 C57BL/6J ±  kb
    transcript ENSMUST00000214117 Ensembl | MGI Sequence Detail 860 Not Applicable  
    polypeptide ENSMUSP00000151002 Ensembl | MGI Sequence Detail 192 Not Applicable  
    For the selected sequence
    Protein
    Information
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    Molecular
    Reagents
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    • All nucleic 26
      cDNA 22
      Primer pair 4

      Microarray probesets 3
    Other
    Accession IDs
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    MGD-MRK-36516
    References
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    • Summaries
      All 487
      Developmental Gene Expression 14
      Diseases 1
      Gene Ontology 24
      Phenotypes 257
    • Earliest
      J:35492 Okamura H, et al., Cloning of a new cytokine that induces IFN-gamma production by T cells [see comments]. Nature. 1995 Nov 2;378(6552):88-91
    • Latest
      J:343724 Yamanishi K, et al., Molecular Mechanisms of IL18 in Disease. Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Dec 6;24(24)

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    Mouse Genome Database (MGD), Gene Expression Database (GXD), Mouse Models of Human Cancer database (MMHCdb) (formerly Mouse Tumor Biology (MTB)), Gene Ontology (GO)
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    last database update
    03/12/2024
    MGI 6.23
    The Jackson Laboratory