Interleukin-1 alpha (IL-1 alpha)
Interleukin-1 alpha (IL-1 alpha, IL-1a) is a soluble protein produced by monocytes, macrophages, and other cells which activates T-lymphocytes and potentiates their response to mitogens or antigens. IL-1 consists of two distinct forms, IL-1 alpha and IL-1 beta, which perform the same functions but are distinct proteins. The biological effects of IL-1 include the ability to replace macrophage requirements for T-cell activation. Interleukin-1 alpha is a potent immuno-modulator which mediates a wide range of immune and inflammatory responses. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells of patients with aplastic anemia show markedly decreased IL-1 production. Aplastic patients with low IL-1 production are distinguished by the severity of their disease and the degree of neutropenia while myelodysplastic patients with comparable degrees of pancytopenia have normal IL-1 production. It has been shown that IL-1 also promotes wound healing. This activity is thought to involve effects on angiogenesis, the promotion of fibroblast proliferation, and the chemotactic activity on neutrophils. Elevated amounts of IL-1 are found in the synovial fluid of patients with rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis. IL-1 alpha may be a pathogenetic factor in the complex processes leading to vascular occlusion and an important in situ indicator of, and a potential participant in, vascular injury. It is consistently present in all vessels with sclerotic histopathologic changes following aortocoronary bypass grafting of saphenous veins and internal mammary arteries.
Swiss-Prot Accession Number: P01583
PublicationsIL-1 and IL-1ra are key regulators of the inflammatory response to RNA vaccines (2022) Siri Tahtinen, Ann-Jay Tong, Patricia Himmels, Jaehak Oh, Andres Paler-Martinez, Leesun Kim, Sara Wichner, Yoko Oei, Mark J. McCarron, Emily C. Freund, Zhainib Adel Amir, Cecile C. de la Cruz, Benjamin Haley, Craig Blanchette, Jill M. Schartner, Weilan Ye, Mahesh Yadav, Ugur Sahin, Lélia Delamarre & Ira Mellman Nature Immunology
Neuroinflammation trajectories precede cognitive impairment after experimental meningitis-evidence from an in vivo PET study. (2020) Giridharan VV, Collodel A, Generoso JS, Scaini G, Wassather R, Selvaraj S, Hasbun R, Dal-Pizzol F, Petronilho F, Barichello T Journal of Neuroinflammation
Association of occupational exposures with ex vivo functional immune response in workers handling carbon nanotubes and nanofibers (2020) Schubauer-Berigan MK, Dahm MM, Toennis CA, Sammons DL, Eye T, Kodali V, Zeidler-Erdely PC, Erdely A Nanotoxicology
Systematic investigation of polyurethane biomaterial surface roughness on human immune responses in vitro (2020) Segan S, Jakobi M, Khokhani P, Klimosch S, Billing F, Schneider M, Martin D, Metzger U, Biesemeier A, Xiong X, Mukherjee A, Steuer H BioMed Research International
First-in-human, single- and multiple-ascending dose studies in healthy subjects to assess pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and safety/tolerability of iberdomide, a novel cereblon E3 ligase modulator (2020) Ye Y, Gaudy A, Schafer P, Thomas M, Weiss D, Chen N, Liu L, Xue Y, Carayannopoulos L, Palmisano M Clinical Pharmacology in Drug Development
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Dendritic cell immunotherapy followed by cART interruption during HIV-1 infection induces plasma protein markers of cellular immunity and neutrophil recruitment (2018) van den Ham HJ, Cooper J, Tomasik J, Bahn S, Aerts J, Oseterhaus A, Gruters R, Andeweg A PLoS One
IL-17 blockade with secukinumab in peripheral spondyloarthritis impacts synovial immunopathology without compromising systemic immune responses (2018) van Mens LJJ, van de Sande MGH, Menegatti S, Chen S, Blijdorp ICP, de Jong HM, Fluri IA, Latuhihin TE, van Kuijk AWR, Rogge L, Yeremenko NG, Baeten DLP Arthritis Rheumatol
Synergistic Cytokine Effects as Apremilast Response Predictors in Patients With Psoriasis (2018) Garcet S, Nograles K, Correa da Rosa J, Schafer PH, Krueger JG Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology
Cereblon modulator iberdomide induces degradation of the transcription factor Ikaros and Aiolos: immunomodulation in healthy volunteers and relevance to systemic lupus erythematosus (2018) Schafer PH, Ye Y, Wu L, Kosek J, Ringheim G, Yang Z, Liu L, Thomas M, Palmisano M, Chopra R Ann Rheum Dis
PEGylated IL-10 (Pegilodecakin) Induces Systemic Immune Activation, CD8+ T Cell Invigoration and Polyclonal T Cell Expansion in Cancer Patients (2018) Naing A, Infante JR, Papadopoulos KP, Chan IH, Shen C, Ratti NP, Autio KA, Wong DJ, Patel MR, Ott PA, Falchook GS, Pant S, Hung A, Pekarek KL, Wu V, Adamow M, McCauley S, Mumm JB, Wong P, Van Vlasselaer P, Levegue J, Tannir NM, Oft M Cancer Cell
Serum Apolipoprotein E and Other Inflammatory Markers Can Identify Non-Responding Patients to a Dendritic Cell Vaccine (2018) Leeman H, Kaminska E, Green D, Bodman-Smith M, Gravett A, Bodman-Smith K, Copier J, Coulton G, Fusi A, Dalgleish AG Translational Oncology
Standardized whole blood stimulation improves immunomonitoring of induced immune responses in multi-center study (2017) Duffy D, Rouilly V, Braudeau C, Corbière V, Djebali R, Ungeheuer MN, Josien R, LaBrie ST, Lantz O, Louis D, Martinez-Caceres E, Mascart F, Ruiz de Morales JG, Ottone C, Redjah L, Guen N, Savenay A, Schmolz M, Toubert A, Albert ML Clin Immunol
A Sputum Proteomic Signature That Associates with Increased Il-1? Levels and Bacterial Exacerbations of COPD (2016) Damera G, Pham T-H, Zhang J, Ward CK, Newbold P, Ranade K, Sethi S Lung
Assessment of Urine Proteomics in Type 1 Primary Hyperoxaluria*American Journal of Nephrology (2016) Brooks ER, Hoppe B, Milliner DS, Salido E, Rim J, Krevitt LM, Olson JB, Price HE, Vural G, Langman CB American Journal of Nephrology
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Exploring effects of a natural combination medicine on exercise-induced inflammatory immune response: A double-blind RCT (2014) Pilat C, Frech T, Wagner A, Krüger K, Hillebrecht A, Pons-Kühnemann J, Scheibelhut C, Bödeker RH, Mooren FC Scand J Med Sci Sports. 2014 Jun 12
Chikungunya Virus-associated Long-term Arthralgia: A 36-month Prospective Longitudinal Study (2013) Schilte C, Staikovsky F, Couderc T, Madec Y, Carpentier F, Kassab S, Albert ML, Lecuit M, Michault A PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2013 Mar;7(3):e2137
Targeting oxidized LDL improves insulin sensitivity and immune cell function in obese Rhesus macaques (2013) Li S,Kievit P, Robertson A-K, Kolumam G. Li X, von Wachenfeldt K, Valfridsson C, Bullens S, Messaoudi I, Bader L, Cowan KJ, Kamath A, van Bruggen N, Bunting S, Frendéus B, Grove KL Molecular Metabolism, Available online 11 June 2013
Identification of Subgroups of Schizophrenia Patients with Changes in Either Immune or Growth Factor and Hormonal Pathways (2013) Schwarz E, Van Beveren NJM, Ramsey J, Leweke FM, Rothermundt M, Bogerts B, Steiner J, Guest PC, Bahn S Schizophrenia Bulletin
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Novel CSF biomarkers for Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment (2010) Hu WT, Chen-Plotkin A, Arnold SE, Grossman M, Clark CM, Shaw LM, Pickering E, Kuhn M, Chen Y, McCluskey L, Elman L, Karlawish J, Hurtig HI, Siderowf A, Lee VM, Soares H, Trojanowski JQ Acta Neuropathol 119: 669-678.
Identification of distinct plasma biomarker signatures in patients with rapid and slow declining forms of COPD (2010) Devanarayan V, Scholand MB, Hoidal J, Leppert MF, Crackower MA, O'Neill GP, Gervais FG COPD 7: 51-58.
Metronomic Gemcitabine Suppresses Tumour Growth, Improves Perfusion, and Reduces Hypoxia in Human Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (2010) Cham KKY, Baker JHE, Takhar KS, Flexman JA, Wong MQ, Owen DA, Yung A, Kozlowski P, Reinsberg SA, Chu EM, Chang CWA, Buczkowski AK, Chung SW, Scudamore CH, Minchinton AI, Yapp DTT, Ng SSW British Journal of Cancer
Regression of Human Pancreatic Tumor Xenografts in Mice After a Single Systemic Injection of Recombinant Vaccinia Virus GLV-1h68. (2009) Yu YA, Galanis C, Woo Y, Chen N, Zhang Q, Fong Y, Szalay AA Mol Cancer Ther 8: 141-151.
Combined analysis of monocyte and lymphocyte messenger RNA expression with serum protein profiles in patients with scleroderma. (2008) Duan H, Fleming J, Pritchard DK, Amon LM, Xue J, Arnett HA, Chen G, Breen P, Buckner JH, Molitor JA, Elkon KB, Schwartz SM Arthritis Rheum 58: 1465-1474.
Biomarker analysis by fluorokine multianalyte profiling distinguishes patients requiring intervention from patients with long-term quiescent coronary artery disease: a potential approach to identify atherosclerotic disease progression. (2008) Gurbel PA, Kreutz RP, Bliden KP, DiChiara J, Tantry US Am Heart J 155: 56-61.
Effects of the incubation in vitro with sorbents on serum proteomic pattern and cytokine concentration in cancer patients during chemotherapy--preliminary results. (2006) Piccolomini F, LouWratten M, Sereni L, Balestreri E, Donadio E, Felicioli A, Felicioli R, Donadio C Biomed Pharmacother 60: 463-467.