Basic information

Full name
interleukin 2 receptor subunit alpha
Ensembl
ENSG00000134460.18
Summary
The interleukin 2 (IL2) receptor alpha (IL2RA) and beta (IL2RB) chains, together with the common gamma chain (IL2RG), constitute the high-affinity IL2 receptor. Homodimeric alpha chains (IL2RA) result in low-affinity receptor, while homodimeric beta (IL2RB) chains produce a medium-affinity receptor. Normally an integral-membrane protein, soluble IL2RA has been isolated and determined to result from extracellular proteolyisis. Alternately-spliced IL2RA mRNAs have been isolated, but the significance of each is presently unknown. Mutations in this gene are associated with interleukin 2 receptor alpha deficiency. Patients with severe Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), the disease caused by the novel severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), have significantly elevated levels of IL2R in their plasma. Similarly, serum IL-2R levels are found to be elevated in patients with different types of carcinomas. Certain IL2RA and IL2RB gene polymorphisms have been associated with lung cancer risk. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2020]
Annotation
Druggable target (Tier T1) Receptor

Protein product

  • ENST00000379959.8 Primary ENSP00000369293.3 (0 phosphosite)
  • ENST00000256876.10
  • ENST00000379954.5
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
RNA1.4e-63-1.3e-18--5.3e-131.4e-131e-20-1.1e-6-
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
BRCACCRCCCOADGBMHNSCCLSCCLUADOVPDACUCEC0123456789101112log2(RSEM+1)tumornormal
Protein expression
LSCC13.213.413.613.81414.214.414.614.81515.215.4log2(MS1 intensity)tumornormal

* 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

BRCACCRCCCOADGBMHNSCCLSCCLUADOVPDACUCEC0246810121416182022242628300-2-4-6-8-10-12-14-16-18-20-22-24-26-28-30Pan-cancer0204060801001201400-20-40-60-80-100-120-140proteinRNASCNVclinicalpathwaycell 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 IL2RA 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 plasma-----------
cibersort: T cell CD4+ naive-----------
cibersort: T cell follicular helper-----------
cibersort: T cell gamma delta-----------
cibersort: NK cell activated-----------
cibersort: Macrophage M1-----------
xcell: Monocyte-----------
xcell: B cell naive-----------
xcell: Neutrophil-----------
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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 IL2RA

BRCA0.22proteinmRNASCNVmethylationCCRCC0.09proteinmRNASCNVmethylationCOAD0.09proteinmRNASCNVmethylationGBM0.21proteinmRNASCNVmethylationHNSCC0.11proteinmRNASCNVmethylationLSCC0.10proteinmRNASCNVmethylationLUAD-0.00proteinmRNASCNVmethylationOV0.04proteinmRNASCNVmethylationPDAC-0.18proteinmRNASCNVmethylationUCEC-0.16proteinmRNASCNVmethylation

* 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 IL2RA 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.