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The protein encoded by this gene is an accessory subunit of the heterodimeric receptor for IL18. This protein enhances the IL18 binding activity of IL18R1 (IL1RRP), a ligand binding subunit of IL18 receptor. The coexpression of IL18R1 and this protein is required for the activation of NF-κB and MAPK8 (JNK) in response to IL18.[1]
Disease association
Variants at IL18RAP have been linked to susceptibility to Coeliac disease.[3]
↑Born TL, Thomassen E, Bird TA, Sims JE (November 1998). "Cloning of a novel receptor subunit, AcPL, required for interleukin-18 signaling". J. Biol. Chem. 273 (45): 29445–50. doi:10.1074/jbc.273.45.29445. PMID9792649.
↑Hunt KA, Zhernakova A, Turner G, Heap GA, Franke L, Bruinenberg M, Romanos J, Dinesen LC, Ryan AW, Panesar D, Gwilliam R, Takeuchi F, McLaren WM, Holmes GK, Howdle PD, Walters JR, Sanders DS, Playford RJ, Trynka G, Mulder CJ, Mearin ML, Verbeek WH, Trimble V, Stevens FM, O'Morain C, Kennedy NP, Kelleher D, Pennington DJ, Strachan DP, McArdle WL, Mein CA, Wapenaar MC, Deloukas P, McGinnis R, McManus R, Wijmenga C, van Heel DA (April 2008). "Novel celiac disease genetic determinants related to the immune response". Nat. Genet. 40 (4): 395–402. doi:10.1038/ng.102. PMC2673512. PMID18311140.
Further reading
Born TL, Thomassen E, Bird TA, Sims JE (1998). "Cloning of a novel receptor subunit, AcPL, required for interleukin-18 signaling". J. Biol. Chem. 273 (45): 29445–50. doi:10.1074/jbc.273.45.29445. PMID9792649.
Sareneva T, Julkunen I, Matikainen S (2000). "IFN-alpha and IL-12 induce IL-18 receptor gene expression in human NK and T cells". J. Immunol. 165 (4): 1933–8. doi:10.4049/jimmunol.165.4.1933. PMID10925275.
Mee JB, Alam Y, Groves RW (2000). "Human keratinocytes constitutively produce but do not process interleukin-18". Br. J. Dermatol. 143 (2): 330–6. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2133.2000.03759.x. PMID10951141.
Debets R, Timans JC, Churakowa T, et al. (2000). "IL-18 receptors, their role in ligand binding and function: anti-IL-1RAcPL antibody, a potent antagonist of IL-18". J. Immunol. 165 (9): 4950–6. doi:10.4049/jimmunol.165.9.4950. PMID11046021.
Fukushima K, Ikehara Y, Yamashita K (2005). "Functional role played by the glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor glycan of CD48 in interleukin-18-induced interferon-gamma production". J. Biol. Chem. 280 (18): 18056–62. doi:10.1074/jbc.M413297200. PMID15760905.
Hillier LW, Graves TA, Fulton RS, et al. (2005). "Generation and annotation of the DNA sequences of human chromosomes 2 and 4". Nature. 434 (7034): 724–31. doi:10.1038/nature03466. PMID15815621.
Fiszer D, Rozwadowska N, Rychlewski L, et al. (2008). "Identification of IL-18RAP mRNA truncated splice variants in human testis and the other human tissues". Cytokine. 39 (3): 178–83. doi:10.1016/j.cyto.2007.07.186. PMID17897836.