IFNA8

IFNA8
Identifiers
Aliases	IFNA8, IFN-alphaB, interferon alpha 8
External IDs	OMIM: 147568; MGI: 2667155; HomoloGene: 68237; GeneCards: IFNA8; OMA:IFNA8 - orthologs
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 9 (human)
End	21,410,185 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 4 (mouse)
End	88,562,696 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	cerebellar cortex; ; cerebellar hemisphere; ; right hemisphere of cerebellum; ; primary visual cortex; ; prefrontal cortex;
	Top expressed in
	embryo; ; embryo;
	More reference expression data
	More reference expression data
Gene ontology
Molecular function	cytokine activity; type I interferon receptor binding; cytokine receptor binding;
Cellular component	extracellular region; extracellular space;
Biological process	natural killer cell activation involved in immune response; B cell differentiation; defense response; B cell proliferation; blood coagulation; positive regulation of peptidyl-serine phosphorylation of STAT protein; humoral immune response; adaptive immune response; defense response to virus; type I interferon signaling pathway; response to exogenous dsRNA; T cell activation involved in immune response; innate immune response; cytokine-mediated signaling pathway; regulation of signaling receptor activity;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	3445
	230396
	ENSG00000120242
	ENSMUSG00000063376
	P32881
	Q80SU4
	NM_002170
	NM_177347
	NP_002161
	NP_796321
	Wikidata
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Interferon alpha-8 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the IFNA8 gene.^[5]^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000120242 – Ensembl, May 2017
^ ^a ^b ^c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000063376 – Ensembl, May 2017
^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
^ Olopade OI, Bohlander SK, Pomykala H, Maltepe E, Van Melle E, Le Beau MM, Diaz MO (Dec 1992). "Mapping of the shortest region of overlap of deletions of the short arm of chromosome 9 associated with human neoplasia". Genomics. 14 (2): 437–43. doi:10.1016/S0888-7543(05)80238-1. PMID 1385305.
^ "Entrez Gene: IFNA8 interferon, alpha 8".

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