Symbol
| CSF2
| contributors: mct - updated : 28-01-2019
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HGNC name
| colony stimulating factor 2 (granulocyte-macrophage)
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HGNC id
| 2434
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Other morbid association(s)
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Type | Gene Modification | Chromosome rearrangement | Protein expression | Protein Function
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constitutional
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increased pulmonary CSF2 production in response to infection is primed by the microbiota through IL17A | constitutional
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| gain of function
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in periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis and cervical adenopathy syndrome with activation of IL8 | |
Susceptibility
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to asthma to rheumatoid arthritis |
Variant & Polymorphism
| variant ile 117 maybe a risk factor for atopic asthma |
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Candidate gene
Marker
Therapy target
| antibody specific for cytokine or receptor as therapeutic targets in rheumatoid arthritis |
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| in Csf2 gene-deficient mice, a detailed kinetic analysis of monocyte/macrophage and neutrophil dynamics in antigen-induced peritonitis suggested that Csf2 was acting, in part, systemically to maintain the inflammatory reaction |