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  | Function | Associates with IL27 to form the IL-27 interleukin, a heterodimeric cytokine which functions in innate immunity. IL-27 has pro- and anti-inflammatory properties, that can regulate T-helper cell development, suppress T-cell proliferation, stimulate cytotoxic T-cell activity, induce isotype switching in B-cells, and that has diverse effects on innate immune cells. Among its target cells are CD4 T-helper cells which can differentiate in type 1 effector cells (TH1), type 2 effector cells (TH2) and IL17 producing helper T-cells (TH17). It drives rapid clonal expansion of naive but not memory CD4 T-cells. It also strongly synergizes with IL-12 to trigger interferon-gamma/IFN-gamma production of naive CD4 T-cells, binds to the cytokine receptor WSX-1/TCCR. Another important role of IL-27 is its antitumor activity as well as its antiangiogenic activity with activation of production of antiangiogenic chemokines. | 
  | Protein Name | Interleukin-27 Subunit BetaIl-27 Subunit BetaIl-27bEpstein-Barr Virus-Induced Gene 3 Protein Homolog | 
  | Database Links | Reactome: R-MMU-8984722Reactome: -MMU-9020956 | 
  | Cellular Localisation | Secreted | 
  | Alternative ELISA Names | Interleukin-27 Subunit Beta ELISA kitIl-27 Subunit Beta ELISA kitIl-27b ELISA kitEpstein-Barr Virus-Induced Gene 3 Protein Homolog ELISA kitEbi3 ELISA kitIl27b ELISA kit | 
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