title: The interleukin-4 family of lymphokines.
abstract: Evidence has accumulated indicating that four T-cell derived lymphokines, interleukin-4, interleukin-5, granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor and interleukin-3, are closely related. The genes encoding these lymphokines are clustered within a region of 1000 kb, the proteins have a common secondary and spatial organization, and their corresponding receptors are all members of the haemopoietin family of receptors.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Immunology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Boulay
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Paul
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D008040:Genetic Linkage; D006801:Humans; D015847:Interleukin-4 / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D019948:Receptors, Interleukin-4; D011975:Receptors, Mitogen / Q000378:metabolism; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D019948:Receptors, Interleukin-4; D011975:Receptors, Mitogen; D015847:Interleukin-4