Description
Interleukin-22 (IL22)is protein that in humans is encoded by the IL22 gene. IL22 a member of agroup of cytokines called the IL-10 family or IL-10 superfamily (includingIL-19, IL-20, IL-24, and IL-26), a class of potent mediators of cellular inflammatoryresponses. It shares use of IL-10R2 in cell signaling with other members ofthis family, IL-10, IL-26, IL-28A/B and IL-29