Type II cytokine receptors, also commonly known as class II cytokine receptors, are

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s that are expressed on the surface of certain cells. They bind and respond to a select group of

cytokine Cytokines are a broad and loose category of small proteins (~5–25 kDa) important in cell signaling. Cytokines are peptides and cannot cross the lipid bilayer of cells to enter the cytoplasm. Cytokines have been shown to be involved in autocrin ...

s including

interferon type I The type-I interferons (IFN) are cytokines which play essential roles in inflammation, immunoregulation, tumor cells recognition, and T-cell responses. In the human genome, a cluster of thirteen functional IFN genes is located at the 9p21.3 cyt ...

interferon type II Interferons (IFNs, ) are a group of signaling proteins made and released by host cells in response to the presence of several viruses. In a typical scenario, a virus-infected cell will release interferons causing nearby cells to heighten the ...

interferon type III The type III interferon group is a group of anti-viral cytokines, that consists of four IFN-λ (lambda) molecules called IFN-λ1, IFN-λ2, IFN-λ3 (also known as IL29, IL28A and IL28B respectively), and IFN-λ4. They were discovered in 2003. Their ...

. and members of the interleukin-10 family These receptors are characterized by the lack of a WSXWS motif which differentiates them from

type I cytokine receptor Type I cytokine receptors are transmembrane receptors expressed on the surface of cells that recognize and respond to cytokines with four α-helical strands. These receptors are also known under the name ''hemopoietin receptors'', and share a c ...

Structure

Typically type II cytokine receptors are heterodimers or multimers with a high and a low affinity component. These receptors are related predominantly by sequence similarities in their

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portions that are composed of tandem Ig-like domains. The structures for the

domains of the receptors for interferon types, I, II, and III are all known. Type II cytokine receptors are tyrosine-kinase-linked receptors. The

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domain of type II cytokine receptors is typically associated with a

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belonging to the

Janus kinase Janus kinase (JAK) is a family of intracellular, non-receptor tyrosine kinases that transduce cytokine-mediated signals via the JAK-STAT pathway. They were initially named "just another kinase" 1 and 2 (since they were just two of many discoveries ...

(JAK family). Binding of the receptor typically leads to activation of the canonical JAK/STAT signaling pathway.

Types

Type II cytokine receptors include those that bind interferons and those that bind members of the interleukin-10 family ( interleukin-10, interleukin-20, interleukin-22, and interleukin-28). Expression of specific receptor varieties is highly variable across tissue types with some receptors being ubiquitously expressed and some receptors only expressed in specific tissues.

Interferon receptors

The interferon receptor is a molecule displayed on the surface of cells which interacts with extracellular interferons. Class II cytokine receptors bind type I, type II, and type III interferons. Type I interferons play important roles in both the adaptive and innate immune responses, prevent proliferation of pathogens, and have antiviral activities. Type II interferons help to modulate the immune system’s response to pathogens, and these interferons also respond to pathogens. Type III interferons induce a similar response to type I interferons, but their expression is limited to

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. The receptor is coded for by number of different genes, due to the diversity of types of interferons.

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of cell surface receptor levels plays an important role in the regulation and limiting of interferon signaling. *

interferon-alpha/beta receptor The interferon-α/β receptor (IFNAR) is a virtually ubiquitous membrane receptor which binds endogenous type I interferon (IFN) cytokines. Endogenous human type I IFNs include many subtypes, such as interferons-α, -β, -ε, -κ, -ω, and -ζ. ...

* interferon-gamma receptor * Interferon type III receptor

Interleukin receptors

References

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