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ReviewProtein & cell2011

Structure and function of interleukin-17 family cytokines.

Xiaoping Zhang, Pornpimon Angkasekwinai, Chen Dong, Hong Tang

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Review in Protein & cell, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers.

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42citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

42 citing papers in PubMed, 79 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Xiaoping ZhangInstitute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China.
Pornpimon Angkasekwinai
Chen Dong
Hong Tang
Chinese Academy of Sciences · CNInstitute of Biophysics · CNThammasat University · THThe University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The recently identified interleukin-17 (IL-17) cytokines family, which comprises six members in mammals (IL-17A-F), plays essential roles in the host immunity against infectious diseases and chronic inflammatory diseases. The three-dimensional structures containing IL-17A or IL-17F have become available and revealed the unique structural features of IL-17s as well as their receptors. Molecular modeling in this review shows that IL-17s may adopt a "cysteine knot" fold commonly seen in nerve growth factor (NGF) and other neurotrophins. Further modeling analysis unmasks a signature interaction feature of the IL-17F/IL-17RA complex, where a small loop of IL-17RA slots into the deep groove of the interface of IL-17F homodimer. This is quite different from the interaction between the best known four-helix cytokines and their cognate receptors. On the other hand, structure of IL-17A and its monoclonal antibody (CAT-2200) shows that, albeit that the antigenic epitope of IL-17A resides outside of the IL-17A homodimer interface, its physical proximity to the receptor binding groove may explain that antibody blockage would be achieved by interfering with the ligand-receptor interaction. This review is to summarize the advance in understanding the structure and function of IL-17 family cytokines, focusing mainly on IL-17A, IL-17F and IL-17E, in the hope of gaining better knowledge of immunotherapeutic strategies against various inflammatory diseases.

Indexed as

Amino Acid SequenceAnimalsConserved SequenceCysteineDisulfidesHumansInterleukin-17Molecular Sequence DataProtein Structure, SecondaryProtein Structure, TertiaryReceptors, InterleukinCysteineDisulfidesInterleukin-17Receptors, Interleukin

Identifiers

PMID21337007
PMCPMC4875287
OpenAlexW2079861265

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