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Tumor necrosis factor

Tumor necrosis factor (TNF), formerly known as TNF-α, is a chemical messenger produced by the immune system that induces inflammation. TNF is produced primarily by activated macrophages, and induces inflammation by binding to its receptors on other cells. It is a member of the tumor necrosis factor superfamily, a family of transmembrane proteins that are…

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Aliases
TNF, DIF, TNF-alpha, TNFA, TNFSF2, Tumour necrosis factor, TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor, TNLG1F, Tumor necrosis factor alpha
Available structures
Available structuresPDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB List of PDB id codes1A8M, 1TNF, 2AZ5, 2E7A, 2TUN, 2ZJC, 2ZPX, 3ALQ, 3IT8, 3L9J, 3WD5, 4G3Y, 4TSV, 4TWT, 5TSW
Band
6p21.33 · 17 B1|17 18.59 cM
Bgee
granulocyte · testicle · bone marrow · monocyte · bone marrow cell
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More reference expression data
Chr.
Chromosome 6 (human) · Chromosome 17 (mouse)

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Gene ontology · 144
Tumor necrosis factor → activation of cysteine-type endopeptidase activity involved in apoptotic process, animal organ morphogenesis, apoptotic signaling pathway, cell surface, cellular extravasation, cellular response to amino acid stimulus, cellular response to lipopolysaccharide, cellular response to nicotine, cellular response to organic cyclic compound, chronic inflammatory response to antigenic stimulus, cortical actin cytoskeleton organization, cytokine activity, cytokine-mediated signaling pathway, death-inducing signaling complex assembly, defense response, defense response to bacterium, defense response to Gram-positive bacterium, embryonic digestive tract development, endothelial cell apoptotic process, epithelial cell proliferation involved in salivary gland morphogenesis
Bgee · 17
Tumor necrosis factor → appendix, blood, bone marrow, bone marrow cell, duodenum, embryo, endometrium, granulocyte, lymph node, mesenteric lymph nodes, monocyte, spleen, stroma of bone marrow, subcutaneous adipose tissue, testicle, thymus, wall of uterus
RNA expression pattern · 17
Tumor necrosis factor → appendix, blood, bone marrow, bone marrow cell, duodenum, embryo, endometrium, granulocyte, lymph node, mesenteric lymph nodes, monocyte, spleen, stroma of bone marrow, subcutaneous adipose tissue, testicle, thymus, wall of uterus
related to External links · 10
Tumor necrosis factor → Medicine Medical Subject Headings, MeSH, National Library, Overview, P01375, PDB, PDBe-KB, Tumor, Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha, UniProt
related to history · 9
Tumor necrosis factor → Carswell, Coley's, In, Studies, These, This, TNF, TNF's, William Coley
Band · 2
Tumor necrosis factor → 17 B1|17 18.59 cM, 6p21.33
Chr. · 2
Tumor necrosis factor → Chromosome 17 (mouse), Chromosome 6 (human)
End · 2
Tumor necrosis factor → 31,578,336 bp, 35,420,983 bp
Aliases · 1
Tumor necrosis factor → TNF, DIF, TNF-alpha, TNFA, TNFSF2, Tumour necrosis factor, TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor, TNLG1F, Tumor necrosis factor alpha
Available structures · 1
Tumor necrosis factor → Available structuresPDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB List of PDB id codes1A8M, 1TNF, 2AZ5, 2E7A, 2TUN, 2ZJC, 2ZPX, 3ALQ, 3IT8, 3L9J, 3WD5, 4G3Y, 4TSV, 4TWT, 5TSW

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tnf cell tnfr1 cells inflammatory tnfr2 death also tmtnf immune gene activation response complex nf-κb pathways pathway role tumor cytokines

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Tumor necrosis factorAliasesTNF, DIF, TNF-alpha, TNFA, TNFSF2, Tumour necrosis factor, TNF-α, tumor necrosis factor, TNLG1F, Tumor necrosis factor alpha1.00infobox
Tumor necrosis factorAvailable structuresAvailable structuresPDBOrtholog search: PDBe RCSB List of PDB id codes1A8M, 1TNF, 2AZ5, 2E7A, 2TUN, 2ZJC, 2ZPX, 3ALQ, 3IT8, 3L9J, 3WD5, 4G3Y, 4TSV, 4TWT, 5TSW1.00infobox
Tumor necrosis factorBand6p21.331.00infobox
Tumor necrosis factorBand17 B1|17 18.59 cM1.00infobox
Tumor necrosis factorBgeegranulocyte1.00infobox
Tumor necrosis factorBgeetesticle1.00infobox
Tumor necrosis factorBgeebone marrow1.00infobox
Tumor necrosis factorBgeemonocyte1.00infobox
Tumor necrosis factorBgeebone marrow cell1.00infobox
Tumor necrosis factorBgeeblood1.00infobox
Tumor necrosis factorBgeelymph node1.00infobox
Tumor necrosis factorBgeespleen1.00infobox
Tumor necrosis factorBgeeappendix1.00infobox
Tumor necrosis factorBgeeduodenum1.00infobox
Tumor necrosis factorBgeestroma of bone marrow1.00infobox
Tumor necrosis factorBgeeembryo1.00infobox
Tumor necrosis factorBgeewall of uterus1.00infobox
Tumor necrosis factorBgeeendometrium1.00infobox
Tumor necrosis factorBgeesubcutaneous adipose tissue1.00infobox
Tumor necrosis factorBgeethymus1.00infobox
Tumor necrosis factorBgeemesenteric lymph nodes1.00infobox
Tumor necrosis factorBioGPSMore reference expression data1.00infobox
Tumor necrosis factorChr.Chromosome 6 (human)1.00infobox
Tumor necrosis factorChr.Chromosome 17 (mouse)1.00infobox
Tumor necrosis factorDatabasesNCBI: entry; OMA: entry1.00infobox
Tumor necrosis factorEnd31,578,336 bp1.00infobox
Tumor necrosis factorEnd35,420,983 bp1.00infobox
Tumor necrosis factorEnsemblENSG00000228978 ENSG00000230108 ENSG00000223952 ENSG00000204490 ENSG00000228321 ENSG00000232810 ENSG00000228849 ENSG000002064391.00infobox
Tumor necrosis factorEntrez71241.00infobox
Tumor necrosis factorExternal IDsOMIM: 191160; MGI: 104798; GeneCards: TNF1.00infobox

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