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Symbol IL4 contributors: mct/pgu - updated : 09-03-2017
HGNC name interleukin 4
HGNC id 6014
ASSOCIATED DISORDERS
corresponding disease(s) APY10
Susceptibility
  • to thromboembolic strocke
  • to diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN)
  • Variant & Polymorphism repeat , other
  • C582T is a predictor of thromboembolic strocke
  • intron 3 VNTR polymorphism of the IL4 gene plays an important role in the occurrence of DPN
  • Candidate gene
    Marker
    Therapy target
    ANIMAL & CELL MODELS
    transgenic mice that inappropriatly expressed IL4 under the direction of the proximal promoter for the lymphocyte-specific protein tyrosine kinase gene (lck/IL4) developed severe osteoporosis