Gene Human Homo sapiens

IL21

interleukin 21

gene with protein product

Human IL21MouseRat

Reading the ortholog votes for mouse and rat.

Location: Cytogenetic band 4q27NCBI: 4:122,610,108-122,621,066 on the minus strand, GRCh38.p14 (GCF_000001405.40), sequence NC_000004.12, annotation GCF_000001405.40-RS_2025_08 of 2025-08-01Ensembl: no location was read.Coordinates are one-based with both ends included, as each source reports them.
Also known as: Za11, IL-21

Gene identity, from HGNC · HGNC 2026-09-25 · read 2026-09-28 ET · HGNC:6005

Notes from the sources

Ensembl did not answer (upstream error).
Ensembl did not answer (upstream error); the Ensembl location and release are missing

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Summary
Transcripts
Expression
Protein
Interactions
Pathways
Disease
Variants
Constraint
Orthologs
MicroRNAs
Long non-coding RNAs
Literature
Silencing this gene

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01 Summary and function

What IL21 does

This gene encodes a member of the common-gamma chain family of cytokines…

NCBI Gene summary

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02 Transcripts and isoforms

The RNA a design targets

2 RefSeq transcripts on GRCh38.p14; MANE Select NM_021803.4. Ensembl is not answering, so the Ensembl transcripts could not be shown. Try again later. Reference 31cec5e9-828.

NCBI Datasets

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03 Expression by tissue

Where IL21 is expressed

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04 Protein

The protein IL21 encodes

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05 Interactions

Proteins STRING associates with IL21

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06 Pathways

Where IL21 acts, as Reactome curates it

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07 Disease associations

Diseases linked to IL21

742 Open Targets disease associations; IL10-related early-onset inflammatory bowel disease first, at 0.59.

Open Targets

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08 Variants

Classified variants of IL21

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09 Constraint

How much variation IL21 tolerates

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10 Orthologs

The same gene in mouse, rat and human

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11 MicroRNAs

MicroRNAs hosted within IL21

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12 Long non-coding RNAs

Long non-coding RNAs at the IL21 locus

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13 Literature

Papers that mention IL21

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14 Silencing this gene

From IL21 to a sequence that silences it

The AUMsilence platform designs the sequences against the human transcripts on this page. Six decisions are yours before it does. What is written under each is AUM's guidance; the timings and the concentrations are in the usage guide below.

01
Choose the region
A knockdown oligonucleotide can sit in the 5' untranslated region, the coding sequence or the 3' untranslated region, and all three are used. The coding sequence and the 3' untranslated region are the usual first choices for an RNase H design; the 5' end near the start codon suits a steric block. The map above shows where each region sits on the isoforms it draws.
02
Cover the isoforms you mean
An exon every isoform carries silences the whole gene; an exon only some isoforms carry silences those and spares the rest. Decide which you want before a sequence is chosen, and check the reference transcript (MANE Select in human; RefSeq Select and Ensembl canonical in mouse and rat) is the one your cells express.
03
Think across species early
The orthologs panel says whether mouse and rat carry the same gene. Whether one oligonucleotide can serve two species is a sequence question, settled at design by matching the candidate against each transcript, not by the protein identity shown there.
04
Check expression in your model
A transcript that is not expressed in your cells cannot show knockdown. Confirm the gene is expressed in the cell type and condition you will use, from your own data or a reference atlas, before the order. The expression panel above gives GTEx's median per tissue for a human gene; for mouse and rat it says that no atlas is on this page yet.
05
Run the controls
A scramble control of the same chemistry, a positive control against a gene known to knock down in your cells, untreated cells, and a mock condition where a transfection reagent is used. Read knockdown at the RNA level first, then at the protein; the usage guide gives the timing and the concentrations to start from.
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Pick the product
AUMsilence sdASO needs no transfection reagent and works in the cells that resist one. AUMsilence toASO is the transfection-optimised version of the same design, and AUMsiRNA is the siRNA route. The selection guide compares them.

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Gene Human Homo sapiens

IL21

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01 Summary and function

What IL21 does

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02 Transcripts and isoforms

The RNA a design targets

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03 Expression by tissue

Where IL21 is expressed

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04 Protein

The protein IL21 encodes

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05 Interactions

Proteins STRING associates with IL21

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06 Pathways

Where IL21 acts, as Reactome curates it

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07 Disease associations

Diseases linked to IL21

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08 Variants

Classified variants of IL21

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09 Constraint

How much variation IL21 tolerates

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10 Orthologs

The same gene in mouse, rat and human

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11 MicroRNAs

MicroRNAs hosted within IL21

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12 Long non-coding RNAs

Long non-coding RNAs at the IL21 locus

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13 Literature

Papers that mention IL21

Waiting for the record before reading Europe PMC.

Accession	Name	Biotype	Labels	Exons	Spliced length	Protein	Sequence
NM_021803.4matches ENST00000648588.1	transcript variant 1	protein coding	MANE Select	5	3,146 nt	162 aaNP_068575.1	Ready in a moment
NM_001207006.3matches ENST00000611104.2	transcript variant 2	protein coding	none	4	716 nt	153 aaNP_001193935.1	Ready in a moment

Accession	Name	Biotype	Labels	Exons	Spliced length	Protein	Sequence
NM_021803.4matches ENST00000648588.1	transcript variant 1	protein coding	MANE Select	5	3,146 nt	162 aaNP_068575.1	Ready in a moment
NM_001207006.3matches ENST00000611104.2	transcript variant 2	protein coding	none	4	716 nt	153 aaNP_001193935.1	Ready in a moment

IL21

What IL21 does

The RNA a design targets

Where IL21 is expressed

The protein IL21 encodes

Proteins STRING associates with IL21

Where IL21 acts, as Reactome curates it

Diseases linked to IL21

Classified variants of IL21

How much variation IL21 tolerates

The same gene in mouse, rat and human

MicroRNAs hosted within IL21

Long non-coding RNAs at the IL21 locus

Papers that mention IL21

From IL21 to a sequence that silences it

Choose the region

Cover the isoforms you mean

Think across species early

Check expression in your model

Run the controls

Pick the product

IL21

What IL21 does

The RNA a design targets

Where IL21 is expressed

The protein IL21 encodes

Proteins STRING associates with IL21

Where IL21 acts, as Reactome curates it

Diseases linked to IL21

Classified variants of IL21

How much variation IL21 tolerates

The same gene in mouse, rat and human

MicroRNAs hosted within IL21

Long non-coding RNAs at the IL21 locus

Papers that mention IL21

IL21

What IL21 does

Gene summary

Protein function

The RNA a design targets

RefSeq 2 transcripts

A window on one transcript

Ensembl 0 transcripts

Where IL21 is expressed

The protein IL21 encodes

Proteins STRING associates with IL21

Where IL21 acts, as Reactome curates it

Diseases linked to IL21

Classified variants of IL21

How much variation IL21 tolerates

The same gene in mouse, rat and human

MicroRNAs hosted within IL21

Long non-coding RNAs at the IL21 locus

Papers that mention IL21

From IL21 to a sequence that silences it

Choose the region

Cover the isoforms you mean

Think across species early

Check expression in your model

Run the controls

Pick the product

Gene summary

Protein function

RefSeq 2 transcripts

A window on one transcript

Ensembl 0 transcripts