Primary Identifier | MGI:96539 | Organism | mouse, laboratory |
Chromosome | 3 | NCBI Gene Number | 16159 |
Mgi Type | protein coding gene |
description | FUNCTION: Automated description from the Alliance of Genome Resources (Release 8.0.0) Enables interleukin-12 beta subunit binding activity. Contributes to cytokine activity. Acts upstream of or within several processes, including T-helper 1 cell activation; defense response to protozoan; and positive regulation of T cell activation. Located in cell surface; cytoplasm; and extracellular space. Part of interleukin-12 complex. Is expressed in brain; lung; small intestine; testis; and thymus. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in hepatitis C; hepatocellular carcinoma; and primary biliary cholangitis. Orthologous to human IL12A (interleukin 12A). PHENOTYPE: Null homozygotes have decreased NK cell responses, altered effector T cell differentiation, and increased susceptibility to parasitic infections. [provided by MGI curators] |