Basic information

Full name
interleukin 21 receptor
Ensembl
ENSG00000103522.16
Summary
The protein encoded by this gene is a cytokine receptor for interleukin 21 (IL21). It belongs to the type I cytokine receptors, and has been shown to form a heterodimeric receptor complex with the common gamma-chain, a receptor subunit also shared by the receptors for interleukin 2, 4, 7, 9, and 15. This receptor transduces the growth promoting signal of IL21, and is important for the proliferation and differentiation of T cells, B cells, and natural killer (NK) cells. The ligand binding of this receptor leads to the activation of multiple downstream signaling molecules, including JAK1, JAK3, STAT1, and STAT3. Knockout studies of a similar gene in mouse suggest a role for this gene in regulating immunoglobulin production. Three alternatively spliced transcript variants have been described. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2010]
Annotation
Receptor

Protein product

Phosphosites on the primary protein product
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Tumor and normal comparison

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Signed p-values
Data type
Meta P
BRCA
CCRCC
COAD
GBM
HNSCC
LSCC
LUAD
OV
PDAC
UCEC
RNA8e-41-3.1e-23--3.5e-141.7e-41.4e-8-2.9e-3-
protein-----------

* P-values are from Wilcoxon rank sum test and can be clicked to show the box plots. Positive values mean higher abundance in tumor. BRCA and GBM do not have normal samples.

mRNA expression at gene level
BRCACCRCCCOADGBMHNSCCLSCCLUADOVPDACUCEC123456789101112log2(RSEM+1)tumornormal
Protein expression

* Mild outlier: filled circle; Extreme outlier: empty circle.

Phenotype and mutation association

Manhattan plot summarizing associations of phenotypes and mutations across all cohorts and omics data types

BRCACCRCCCOADGBMHNSCCLSCCLUADOVPDACUCEC05101520253035400-5-10-15-20-25-30-35-40Pan-cancer0204060801001201401601802002200-20-40-60-80-100-120-140-160-180-200-220proteinRNASCNVclinicalpathwaycell typegenomicmutation-log10 of P-value

* Data points of significant associations above and below the dotted lines can be hovered to show the phenotype.

Associations of the protein abundance of IL21R with phenotypes and mutations

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Signed p-values
Phenotype
Meta P
BRCA
CCRCC
COAD
GBM
HNSCC
LSCC
LUAD
OV
PDAC
UCEC
cibersort: B cell naive-----------
cibersort: B cell memory-----------
cibersort: B cell plasma-----------
cibersort: T cell CD8+-----------
cibersort: T cell CD4+ naive-----------
cibersort: T cell CD4+ memory resting-----------
cibersort: T cell CD4+ memory activated-----------
cibersort: T cell follicular helper-----------
cibersort: T cell regulatory (Tregs)-----------
cibersort: T cell gamma delta-----------
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* P-values could be from test for Spearman correlation, Wilcoxon rank sum test, Jonckheere-Terpstra trend test or Cox regression depending on the data type. P-values for individual cohorts can be clicked to show the data plots. The matrix icons in each row can be clicked to show a heatmap summary of associations across all cohorts and omics. The rows in the table can be expanded to show results from other omics.

Cis-association

Associations between omics data of IL21R

BRCA-0.04proteinmRNASCNVmethylationCCRCC-0.01proteinmRNASCNVmethylationCOAD0.06proteinmRNASCNVmethylationGBM0.32proteinmRNASCNVmethylationHNSCC-0.04proteinmRNASCNVmethylationLSCC0.02proteinmRNASCNVmethylationLUAD-0.12proteinmRNASCNVmethylationOV-0.14proteinmRNASCNVmethylationPDAC-0.19proteinmRNASCNVmethylationUCEC0.01proteinmRNASCNVmethylation

* The numbers are Spearman correlation coefficients and can be clicked to show the scatter plots. The color and size of the circles correlate with the coefficients.

Trans-association

Associations of the protein abundance of IL21R and the protein abundance of other genes

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Signed p-values
Gene
Meta P
BRCA
CCRCC
COAD
GBM
HNSCC
LSCC
LUAD
OV
PDAC
UCEC
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* P-values are from test for Spearman correlation. P-values for individual cohorts can be clicked to show the data plots. The matrix icons in each row can be clicked to show a heatmap summary of associations across all cohorts and omics. The rows in the table can be expanded to show results from other omics.

Gene set enrichment analysis

Submit genes and the common logarithm of the p-values of their association with to WebGestalt.