title: IL-17F: regulation, signaling and function in inflammation.
abstract: The IL-17 cytokine family is composed of six members. IL-17F, discovered in 2001, recently has drawn increasing attention due to its greatest similarity to IL-17, a widely recognized inflammatory cytokine. The genes encoding IL-17 and IL-17F are localized in the same chromosomal region and are co-expressed by CD4+ and gammadelta T cells. IL-17F can be secreted as homodimers or heterodimers with IL-17. Similar to IL-17, IL-17F utilizes IL-17RA and IL-17RC as its receptor and employs Act1 and TRAF6 as its signal transducers to induce the expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines and chemokines in many different cell types. However, mice lacking either IL-17 or IL-17F exhibit distinct defects in experimental models of asthma and colitis. These results have laid the basis to understand the role of IL-17F in the pathogenesis of human diseases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunology, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA. shchang@mdanderson.org
authors.forename: Seon Hee
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Chen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dong
mesh_terms: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D000818:Animals; D001327:Autoimmune Diseases / Q000378:metabolism; D015496:CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes / Q000378:metabolism; D016207:Cytokines / Q000378:metabolism; D019281:Dimerization; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000378:metabolism*; D020381:Interleukin-17 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000378:metabolism; D008954:Models, Biological; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D048029:TNF Receptor-Associated Factor 6 / Q000378:metabolism; D047988:Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor-Associated Peptides and Proteins / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D048868:Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing; D016207:Cytokines; D020381:Interleukin-17; D048029:TNF Receptor-Associated Factor 6; C414202:TRAF3IP2 protein, human; D047988:Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor-Associated Peptides and Proteins