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- CDw128b
- CMKAR2
- CXCR2
- IL8R2
- IL8RA
- CXCR2 gene for IL8 receptor type B
- GRO/MGSA receptor
- chemokine (CXC) receptor 2
- high affinity interleukin-8 receptor B
- interleukin 8 receptor B
- interleukin 8 receptor type 2
- interleukin 8 receptor, beta
- High affinity interleukin-8 receptor B (IL-8R B)
(CXCR-2) (GRO/MGSA receptor) (IL-8 receptor type
2) (CDw128b).
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- The protein encoded
by this gene is a member of the G-protein-coupled receptor family. This
protein is a receptor for interleukin 8 (IL8). It binds to IL8 with high
affinity, and transduces the signal through a G-protein activated second
messenger system. This receptor also binds to chemokine (C-X-C motif)
ligand 1 (CXCL1/MGSA), a protein with melanoma growth stimulating
activity, and has been shown to be a major component required for
serum-dependent melanoma cell growth. This receptor mediates neutrophil
migration to sites of inflammation. The angiogenic effects of IL8 in
intestinal microvascular endothelial cells are found to be mediated by
this receptor. Knockout studies in mice suggested that this receptor
controls the positioning of oligodendrocyte precursors in developing
spinal cord by arresting their migration. This gene, IL8RA, a gene
encoding another high affinity IL8 receptor, as well as IL8RBP, a
pseudogene of IL8RB, form a gene cluster in a region mapped to chromosome
2q33-q36.
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- Location: 2q35
- Orientation: plus strand
- Size: 11230 bp
- 3 exons
- DNA sequence (Human): NC_000002

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- Mutations and SNPs (According to
HGMD and
SNP)
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