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71-420: IL-17 or IL 17 may refer to: Interleukin 17 , a pro-inflammatory cytokine Illinois's 17th congressional district Illinois Route 17 [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title formed as a letter–number combination. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

142-414: A = 0 {\displaystyle a=0} . While not explicitly studied by Hamilton, this indirectly introduced notions of basis, here given by the quaternion elements i , j , k {\displaystyle i,j,k} , as well as the dot product and cross product , which correspond to (the negative of) the scalar part and the vector part of the product of two vector quaternions. It

213-487: A parallelogram , and hence are coplanar. A sphere in 3-space (also called a 2-sphere because it is a 2-dimensional object) consists of the set of all points in 3-space at a fixed distance r from a central point P . The solid enclosed by the sphere is called a ball (or, more precisely a 3-ball ). The volume of the ball is given by V = 4 3 π r 3 , {\displaystyle V={\frac {4}{3}}\pi r^{3},} and

284-603: A characteristic of IL-17 responses. The increased expression of chemokines attracts other cells including neutrophils but not eosinophils. IL-17 function is also essential to a subset of CD4 + T-Cells called T helper 17 (T h 17) cells. As a result of these roles, the IL-17 family has been linked to many immune-related/autoimmune diseases including rheumatoid arthritis , asthma , lupus , allograft rejection, anti-tumour immunity and recently psoriasis , multiple sclerosis , and intracerebral hemorrhage . The gene for human IL-17A

355-522: A choice of basis, corresponding to a set of axes. But in rotational symmetry, there is no reason why one set of axes is preferred to say, the same set of axes which has been rotated arbitrarily. Stated another way, a preferred choice of axes breaks the rotational symmetry of physical space. Computationally, it is necessary to work with the more concrete description R 3 {\displaystyle \mathbb {R} ^{3}} in order to do concrete computations. A more abstract description still

426-525: A field , which is not commutative nor associative , but is a Lie algebra with the cross product being the Lie bracket. Specifically, the space together with the product, ( R 3 , × ) {\displaystyle (\mathbb {R} ^{3},\times )} is isomorphic to the Lie algebra of three-dimensional rotations, denoted s o ( 3 ) {\displaystyle {\mathfrak {so}}(3)} . In order to satisfy

497-412: A given plane, intersect that plane in a unique point, or be parallel to the plane. In the last case, there will be lines in the plane that are parallel to the given line. A hyperplane is a subspace of one dimension less than the dimension of the full space. The hyperplanes of a three-dimensional space are the two-dimensional subspaces, that is, the planes. In terms of Cartesian coordinates, the points of

568-479: A high homology with a viral IL-17-like protein ( O40633 ) encoded in the genome of T-lymphotropic rhadinovirus Herpesvirus saimiri . In rodents, IL-17A is often referred to as CTLA8. The biologically active IL-17 interacts with type I cell surface receptor IL-17R . In turn, there are at least three variants of IL-17R referred to as IL17RA , IL17RB , and IL17RC . After binding to the receptor, IL-17 activates several signalling cascades that, in turn, lead to

639-400: A hyperplane satisfy a single linear equation , so planes in this 3-space are described by linear equations. A line can be described by a pair of independent linear equations—each representing a plane having this line as a common intersection. Varignon's theorem states that the midpoints of any quadrilateral in R 3 {\displaystyle \mathbb {R} ^{3}} form

710-432: A molecular mass of 35 kDa. Each subunit of the homodimer is approximately 15-20 KDa. The structure of IL-17 consists of a signal peptide of 23 amino acids (aa) followed by a 123-aa chain region characteristic of the IL-17 family. An N-linked glycosylation site on the protein was first identified after purification of the protein revealed two bands, one at 15 KDa and another at 20 KDa. Comparison of different members of

781-419: A plane curve about a fixed line in its plane as an axis is called a surface of revolution . The plane curve is called the generatrix of the surface. A section of the surface, made by intersecting the surface with a plane that is perpendicular (orthogonal) to the axis, is a circle. Simple examples occur when the generatrix is a line. If the generatrix line intersects the axis line, the surface of revolution

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852-581: A pro-inflammatory role in asthma . IL-17F is clearly expressed in the airway of asthmatics and its expression level is correlated with disease severity. Moreover, a coding region variant (H161R) of the IL-17F gene is inversely associated with asthma and encodes an antagonist for the wild-type IL-17F. IL-17F is able to induce several cytokines, chemokines and adhesion molecules in bronchial epithelial cells, vein endothelial cells, fibroblasts and eosinophils. IL-17F utilizes IL-17RA and IL-17RC as its receptors and activates

923-429: A soluble receptor in addition to its cell membrane-bound form. In a similar manner, the gene for IL-17RD may undergo alternative splicing to yield a soluble receptor. This feature may allow these receptors to inhibit the stimulatory effects of their yet-undefined ligands. The least-described of these receptors, IL-17RE, is known to be expressed in the pancreas, brain, and prostate. Signal transduction by these receptors

994-442: A subtle way. By definition, there exists a basis B = { e 1 , e 2 , e 3 } {\displaystyle {\mathcal {B}}=\{e_{1},e_{2},e_{3}\}} for V {\displaystyle V} . This corresponds to an isomorphism between V {\displaystyle V} and R 3 {\displaystyle \mathbb {R} ^{3}} :

1065-552: A target for anti-inflammatory therapies to improve recovery post-stroke and to reduce the formation of skin cancer. IL-17 has also been implicated in multiple sclerosis . The active form of vitamin D has been found to 'severely impair' production of the IL-17 and IL-17F cytokines by Th17 cells. The IL-17 receptor family consists of five, broadly distributed receptors (IL-17RA, B, C, D and E) that present with individual ligand specificities. Within this family of receptors, IL-17RA

1136-445: A unique plane, so skew lines are lines that do not meet and do not lie in a common plane. Two distinct planes can either meet in a common line or are parallel (i.e., do not meet). Three distinct planes, no pair of which are parallel, can either meet in a common line, meet in a unique common point, or have no point in common. In the last case, the three lines of intersection of each pair of planes are mutually parallel. A line can lie in

1207-472: A vector A is denoted by || A || . The dot product of a vector A = [ A 1 , A 2 , A 3 ] with itself is which gives the formula for the Euclidean length of the vector. Without reference to the components of the vectors, the dot product of two non-zero Euclidean vectors A and B is given by where θ is the angle between A and B . The cross product or vector product

1278-447: Is 1874 base pairs long and was cloned from CD4+ T cells. Each member of the IL-17 family has a distinct pattern of cellular expression . The expression of IL-17A and IL-17F appear to be restricted to a small group of activated T cells , and upregulated during inflammation . IL-17B is expressed in several peripheral tissues and immune tissues. IL-17C is also highly upregulated in inflammatory conditions, although in resting conditions

1349-627: Is a binary operation on two vectors in three-dimensional space and is denoted by the symbol ×. The cross product A × B of the vectors A and B is a vector that is perpendicular to both and therefore normal to the plane containing them. It has many applications in mathematics, physics , and engineering . In function language, the cross product is a function × : R 3 × R 3 → R 3 {\displaystyle \times :\mathbb {R} ^{3}\times \mathbb {R} ^{3}\rightarrow \mathbb {R} ^{3}} . The components of

1420-420: Is a family of pro-inflammatory cystine knot cytokines . They are produced by a group of T helper cell known as T helper 17 cell in response to their stimulation with IL-23 . Originally, Th17 was identified in 1993 by Rouvier et al. who isolated IL17A transcript from a rodent T-cell hybridoma . The protein encoded by IL17A is a founding member of IL-17 family (see below). IL17A protein exhibits

1491-758: Is a right circular cone with vertex (apex) the point of intersection. However, if the generatrix and axis are parallel, then the surface of revolution is a circular cylinder . In analogy with the conic sections , the set of points whose Cartesian coordinates satisfy the general equation of the second degree, namely, A x 2 + B y 2 + C z 2 + F x y + G y z + H x z + J x + K y + L z + M = 0 , {\displaystyle Ax^{2}+By^{2}+Cz^{2}+Fxy+Gyz+Hxz+Jx+Ky+Lz+M=0,} where A , B , C , F , G , H , J , K , L and M are real numbers and not all of A , B , C , F , G and H are zero,

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1562-440: Is as diverse as their distribution. These receptors do not exhibit a significant similarity in extracellular or intracellular amino acid sequence when compared to other cytokine receptors. Transcription factors such as TRAF6 , JNK , Erk1/2 , p38, AP-1 and NF-κB have been implicated in IL-17 mediated signaling in a stimulation-dependent, tissue-specific manner. Other signaling mechanisms have also been proposed, but more work

1633-466: Is called a quadric surface . There are six types of non-degenerate quadric surfaces: The degenerate quadric surfaces are the empty set, a single point, a single line, a single plane, a pair of planes or a quadratic cylinder (a surface consisting of a non-degenerate conic section in a plane π and all the lines of R through that conic that are normal to π ). Elliptic cones are sometimes considered to be degenerate quadric surfaces as well. Both

1704-624: Is commonly associated with allergic responses. IL-17 induces the production of many other cytokines (such as IL-6 , G-CSF , GM-CSF , IL-1β , TGF-β , TNF-α ), chemokines (including IL-8 , GRO-α, and MCP-1), and prostaglandins (e.g., PGE 2 ) from many cell types ( fibroblasts , endothelial cells , epithelial cells , keratinocytes , and macrophages ). IL-17 acts with IL-22 (produced mainly by T helper 22 cells in humans, but by T helper 17 cell in mice) to induce expression of antimicrobial peptide by keratinocytes . The release of cytokines causes many functions, such as airway remodeling,

1775-406: Is found in linear algebra , where the idea of independence is crucial. Space has three dimensions because the length of a box is independent of its width or breadth. In the technical language of linear algebra, space is three-dimensional because every point in space can be described by a linear combination of three independent vectors . A vector can be pictured as an arrow. The vector's magnitude

1846-425: Is its length, and its direction is the direction the arrow points. A vector in R 3 {\displaystyle \mathbb {R} ^{3}} can be represented by an ordered triple of real numbers. These numbers are called the components of the vector. The dot product of two vectors A = [ A 1 , A 2 , A 3 ] and B = [ B 1 , B 2 , B 3 ] is defined as: The magnitude of

1917-596: Is low in abundance. IL-17D is highly expressed in the nervous system and in skeletal muscle and IL-17E is found at low levels in various peripheral tissues. Much progress has been made in the understanding of the regulation of IL-17. At first, Aggarwal et al. showed that production of IL-17 was dependent on IL-23 . Later, a Korean group discovered that STAT3 and NF-κB signalling pathways are required for this IL-23-mediated IL-17 production. Consistent with this finding, Chen et al. showed that another molecule, SOCS3 , plays an important role in IL-17 production. In

1988-477: Is needed to fully elucidate the true signaling pathways used by these diverse receptors. Three-dimensional space Technically, a tuple of n numbers can be understood as the Cartesian coordinates of a location in a n -dimensional Euclidean space. The set of these n -tuples is commonly denoted R n , {\displaystyle \mathbb {R} ^{n},} and can be identified to

2059-454: Is often observed in the pathogenesis of various autoimmune disorders, such as psoriasis . The IL-17 family in humans comprises IL17A (sometimes confusingly called "IL-17"), IL17B , IL17C , IL17D , IL17E and IL17F . IL-17E is also known as IL-25 . All members of the IL-17 family have a similar protein structure. Their protein sequences contain four highly conserved cysteine residues. These conserved cysteine residues are critical to

2130-487: Is reciprocated for other members of the IL-17 family such as IL-17E, which requires an IL-17RA-IL-17RB complex (also known as IL-17Rh1, IL-17BR or IL-25R) for effective function. Another member of this receptor family, IL-17RB, binds both IL-17B and IL-17E. Furthermore, it is expressed in the kidney, pancreas, liver, brain, and intestine. IL-17RC is expressed by the prostate, cartilage, kidney, liver, heart, and muscle, and its gene may undergo alternate splicing to produce

2201-664: Is the Kronecker delta . Written out in full, the standard basis is E 1 = ( 1 0 0 ) , E 2 = ( 0 1 0 ) , E 3 = ( 0 0 1 ) . {\displaystyle E_{1}={\begin{pmatrix}1\\0\\0\end{pmatrix}},E_{2}={\begin{pmatrix}0\\1\\0\end{pmatrix}},E_{3}={\begin{pmatrix}0\\0\\1\end{pmatrix}}.} Therefore R 3 {\displaystyle \mathbb {R} ^{3}} can be viewed as

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2272-528: Is the Levi-Civita symbol . It has the property that A × B = − B × A {\displaystyle \mathbf {A} \times \mathbf {B} =-\mathbf {B} \times \mathbf {A} } . Its magnitude is related to the angle θ {\displaystyle \theta } between A {\displaystyle \mathbf {A} } and B {\displaystyle \mathbf {B} } by

2343-458: Is the best-described. IL-17RA binds both IL-17A and IL-17F and is expressed in multiple tissues: vascular endothelial cells, peripheral T cells, B cell lineages, fibroblast, lung, myelomonocytic cells, and marrow stromal cells. Signal transduction for both IL-17A and IL-17F requires the presence of a heterodimeric complex consisting of both IL-17RA and IL-17RC and the absence of either receptor results in ineffective signal transduction. This pattern

2414-418: Is to model physical space as a three-dimensional affine space E ( 3 ) {\displaystyle E(3)} over the real numbers. This is unique up to affine isomorphism. It is sometimes referred to as three-dimensional Euclidean space. Just as the vector space description came from 'forgetting the preferred basis' of R 3 {\displaystyle \mathbb {R} ^{3}} ,

2485-789: The MAP kinase-related pathway . IL-17F is derived from several cell types such as Th17 cells, mast cells and basophils, and shows a wide tissue expression pattern including lung. Overexpression of IL-17F gene in the airway of mice is associated with airway neutrophilia, the induction of many cytokines, an increase in airway hyperreactivity, and mucus hypersecretion. Hence, IL-17F may have a crucial role in allergic airway inflammation and have important therapeutic implications in asthma. Because of its involvement in immune regulatory functions, IL-17 inhibitors are being investigated as possible treatments for autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis , psoriasis and inflammatory bowel disease . In January 2015,

2556-429: The chemotaxis of T cells , natural killer cells and monocytes to the epidermis. These cells release IL-23 which induce Th17 cells to produce IL-17. IL-17 interaction with IL-17RA receptors, abundant on the keratinocyte cell surface, incite epidermal cells to increase expression of IL-6, antimicrobial peptides , IL-8 and CCL20 . Increased concentration of IL-6 alters the epidermal environment by decreasing

2627-490: The neurotrophins . The cystine knot fold is characterized by two sets of paired β-strands stabilized by three disulfide interactions. However, in contrast to the other cystine knot proteins, IL-17F lacks the third disulfide bond. Instead, a serine replaces the cysteine at this position. This unique feature is conserved in the other IL-17 family members. IL-17F also dimerizes in a fashion similar to nerve growth factor (NGF) and other neurotrophins. Recent work suggests

2698-513: The 19th century, developments of the geometry of three-dimensional space came with William Rowan Hamilton 's development of the quaternions . In fact, it was Hamilton who coined the terms scalar and vector , and they were first defined within his geometric framework for quaternions . Three dimensional space could then be described by quaternions q = a + u i + v j + w k {\displaystyle q=a+ui+vj+wk} which had vanishing scalar component, that is,

2769-549: The FDA approved the use of secukinumab (trade name Cosentyx ), an IL-17 inhibiting monoclonal antibody , for the treatment of moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. In addition, Cosentyx has been approved in Japan for use in treating psoriatic arthritis . The anti-IL-23 antibody ustekinumab can also be used to effectively treat psoriasis by indirectly reducing IL-17. Based on emerging evidence from animal models, IL-17 has been suggested as

2840-424: The IL-17 family revealed four conserved cysteines that form two disulfide bonds . IL-17 is unique in that it bears no resemblance to other known interleukins . Furthermore, IL-17 bears no resemblance to any other known proteins or structural domains. The crystal structure of IL-17F, which is 50% homologous to IL-17A, revealed that IL-17F is structurally similar to the cystine knot family of proteins that includes

2911-672: The IL-23/IL-17 pathway plays a major role in the autoimmune disorder psoriasis . In this condition, immune cells react to inflammatory molecules released within the skin around the joints and scalp. This response causes the epidermal cells to recycle more rapidly than usual, which leads to the formation of red, scaly lesions and chronic skin inflammation. Analysis of biopsies taken from lesions of psoriasis patients show an enrichment of cytotoxic T cells and neutrophils containing IL-17. This indicates an excessive infiltration of pro-inflammatory immune cells and IL-17 cytokines are associated with

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2982-467: The ability of T regulatory cells to control the behavior of Th17 cells. Reduced regulation allows uninhibited proliferation of Th17 cells and production of IL-17 in psoriatic lesions, augmenting IL-17 signaling. Antimicrobial peptides and IL-8 attract neutrophils to the site of injury where these cells remove damaged and inflamed keratinocyte cells. New immature DCs are also recruited by CCL20 via chemotaxis where their activation restarts and amplifies

3053-399: The above-mentioned systems. Two distinct points always determine a (straight) line . Three distinct points are either collinear or determine a unique plane . On the other hand, four distinct points can either be collinear, coplanar , or determine the entire space. Two distinct lines can either intersect, be parallel or be skew . Two parallel lines, or two intersecting lines , lie in

3124-419: The absence of SOCS3, IL-23-induced STAT3 phosphorylation is enhanced, and phosphorylated STAT3 binds to the promoter regions of both IL-17A and IL-17F increasing their gene activity. In contrast, some scientists believe IL-17 induction is independent of IL-23. Several groups have identified ways to induce IL-17 production both in vitro and in vivo by distinct cytokines, called TGF-β and IL-6 , without

3195-490: The abstract vector space, together with the additional structure of a choice of basis. Conversely, V {\displaystyle V} can be obtained by starting with R 3 {\displaystyle \mathbb {R} ^{3}} and 'forgetting' the Cartesian product structure, or equivalently the standard choice of basis. As opposed to a general vector space V {\displaystyle V} ,

3266-771: The axioms of a Lie algebra, instead of associativity the cross product satisfies the Jacobi identity . For any three vectors A , B {\displaystyle \mathbf {A} ,\mathbf {B} } and C {\displaystyle \mathbf {C} } A × ( B × C ) + B × ( C × A ) + C × ( A × B ) = 0 {\displaystyle \mathbf {A} \times (\mathbf {B} \times \mathbf {C} )+\mathbf {B} \times (\mathbf {C} \times \mathbf {A} )+\mathbf {C} \times (\mathbf {A} \times \mathbf {B} )=0} One can in n dimensions take

3337-630: The construction for the isomorphism is found here . However, there is no 'preferred' or 'canonical basis' for V {\displaystyle V} . On the other hand, there is a preferred basis for R 3 {\displaystyle \mathbb {R} ^{3}} , which is due to its description as a Cartesian product of copies of R {\displaystyle \mathbb {R} } , that is, R 3 = R × R × R {\displaystyle \mathbb {R} ^{3}=\mathbb {R} \times \mathbb {R} \times \mathbb {R} } . This allows

3408-491: The construction of the five regular Platonic solids in a sphere. In the 17th century, three-dimensional space was described with Cartesian coordinates , with the advent of analytic geometry developed by René Descartes in his work La Géométrie and Pierre de Fermat in the manuscript Ad locos planos et solidos isagoge (Introduction to Plane and Solid Loci), which was unpublished during Fermat's lifetime. However, only Fermat's work dealt with three-dimensional space. In

3479-880: The cross product are A × B = [ A 2 B 3 − B 2 A 3 , A 3 B 1 − B 3 A 1 , A 1 B 2 − B 1 A 2 ] {\displaystyle \mathbf {A} \times \mathbf {B} =[A_{2}B_{3}-B_{2}A_{3},A_{3}B_{1}-B_{3}A_{1},A_{1}B_{2}-B_{1}A_{2}]} , and can also be written in components, using Einstein summation convention as ( A × B ) i = ε i j k A j B k {\displaystyle (\mathbf {A} \times \mathbf {B} )_{i}=\varepsilon _{ijk}A_{j}B_{k}} where ε i j k {\displaystyle \varepsilon _{ijk}}

3550-450: The cycle of inflammation. IL-17 and additional cytokines released from the influx of neutrophils, T and dendritic cells mediate effects on localized leukocytes and keratinocytes that supports the progression of psoriasis by inciting chronic inflammation. The IL-17F gene was discovered in 2001 and is located on chromosome 6p12. Notably, among this family, IL-17F has been well characterized both in vitro and in vivo and has been shown to have

3621-516: The definition of canonical projections, π i : R 3 → R {\displaystyle \pi _{i}:\mathbb {R} ^{3}\rightarrow \mathbb {R} } , where 1 ≤ i ≤ 3 {\displaystyle 1\leq i\leq 3} . For example, π 1 ( x 1 , x 2 , x 3 ) = x {\displaystyle \pi _{1}(x_{1},x_{2},x_{3})=x} . This then allows

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3692-493: The definition of the standard basis B Standard = { E 1 , E 2 , E 3 } {\displaystyle {\mathcal {B}}_{\text{Standard}}=\{E_{1},E_{2},E_{3}\}} defined by π i ( E j ) = δ i j {\displaystyle \pi _{i}(E_{j})=\delta _{ij}} where δ i j {\displaystyle \delta _{ij}}

3763-462: The development of psoriasis. Studies conducted in mice demonstrate that removing either IL-23 or IL-17 decreases the progression of psoriasis. Mice injected with monoclonal antibodies targeting IL-17 blocked, or neutralized, down-stream signaling of this cytokine and decreased epidermal hyperplasia . Similarly, mice genetically modifying to not express IL-23 or IL-17 receptors significantly reduced psoriatic lesion development upon stimulation with

3834-421: The hyperboloid of one sheet and the hyperbolic paraboloid are ruled surfaces , meaning that they can be made up from a family of straight lines. In fact, each has two families of generating lines, the members of each family are disjoint and each member one family intersects, with just one exception, every member of the other family. Each family is called a regulus . Another way of viewing three-dimensional space

3905-460: The identity ‖ A × B ‖ = ‖ A ‖ ⋅ ‖ B ‖ ⋅ | sin ⁡ θ | . {\displaystyle \left\|\mathbf {A} \times \mathbf {B} \right\|=\left\|\mathbf {A} \right\|\cdot \left\|\mathbf {B} \right\|\cdot \left|\sin \theta \right|.} The space and product form an algebra over

3976-403: The induction of chemokines . Acting as chemoattractants, these chemokines recruit the immune cells, such as monocytes and neutrophils to the site of inflammation. Typically, the signaling events mentioned above follow an invasion of the body by pathogens. Promoting the inflammation, IL-17 acts in concert with tumor necrosis factor and interleukin-1 . Moreover, an activation of IL-17 signalling

4047-476: The lesion-causing tumor promoter 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate . IL-17 promotes psoriasis by contributing to the inflammatory response that damages and overturns the keratinocyte cells of the epidermal layer. Inflammation begins with keratinocyte cells entering the final stages of their cell cycle, which activates immature dendritic cells (DC). Cytokines released from DCs stimulate dying keratinocytes to secrete TNF-alpha , IL-1 and IL-6 leading to

4118-427: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=IL-17&oldid=1198487300 " Category : Letter–number combination disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Interleukin 17 Interleukin 17 family ( IL17 family )

4189-428: The most compelling and useful way to model the world as it is experienced, it is only one example of a 3-manifold. In this classical example, when the three values refer to measurements in different directions ( coordinates ), any three directions can be chosen, provided that these directions do not lie in the same plane . Furthermore, if these directions are pairwise perpendicular , the three values are often labeled by

4260-446: The need for IL-23. Although IL-23 is not required for IL-17 expression in this situation, IL-23 may play a role in promoting survival and/or proliferation of the IL-17 producing T-cells . Recently, Ivanov et al. found that the thymus specific nuclear receptor , ROR-γ , directs differentiation of IL-17-producing T cells. IL-17(A) is a 155-amino acid protein that is a disulfide -linked, homodimeric , secreted glycoprotein with

4331-453: The pair formed by a n -dimensional Euclidean space and a Cartesian coordinate system . When n = 3 , this space is called the three-dimensional Euclidean space (or simply "Euclidean space" when the context is clear). In classical physics , it serves as a model of the physical universe , in which all known matter exists. When relativity theory is considered, it can be considered a local subspace of space-time . While this space remains

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4402-555: The position of any point in three-dimensional space is given by an ordered triple of real numbers , each number giving the distance of that point from the origin measured along the given axis, which is equal to the distance of that point from the plane determined by the other two axes. Other popular methods of describing the location of a point in three-dimensional space include cylindrical coordinates and spherical coordinates , though there are an infinite number of possible methods. For more, see Euclidean space . Below are images of

4473-472: The product of n − 1 vectors to produce a vector perpendicular to all of them. But if the product is limited to non-trivial binary products with vector results, it exists only in three and seven dimensions . It can be useful to describe three-dimensional space as a three-dimensional vector space V {\displaystyle V} over the real numbers. This differs from R 3 {\displaystyle \mathbb {R} ^{3}} in

4544-439: The right 3-dimensional shape of the entire protein molecule. To the reference, the members of the IL-17 family do not exhibit a significant sequence homology with other cytokines. Among IL-17 family members, the IL-17F isoforms 1 and 2 (ML-1) have the highest sequence homology with IL-17A (55 and 40%, respectively). They follow by IL-17B, which has 29% similarity to IL-17A, IL-17D (25%), IL-17C (23%), and IL-17E (17%). In mammals ,

4615-443: The sequences of these cytokines are highly conserved. For instance, the sequence homology between the corresponding human and mouse proteins is usually between 62–88%. Numerous immune regulatory functions have been reported for the IL-17 family of cytokines, presumably due to their induction of many immune signaling molecules. The most notable role of IL-17 is its involvement in inducing and mediating proinflammatory responses. IL-17

4686-530: The space R 3 {\displaystyle \mathbb {R} ^{3}} is sometimes referred to as a coordinate space. Physically, it is conceptually desirable to use the abstract formalism in order to assume as little structure as possible if it is not given by the parameters of a particular problem. For example, in a problem with rotational symmetry, working with the more concrete description of three-dimensional space R 3 {\displaystyle \mathbb {R} ^{3}} assumes

4757-418: The surface area of the sphere is A = 4 π r 2 . {\displaystyle A=4\pi r^{2}.} Another type of sphere arises from a 4-ball, whose three-dimensional surface is the 3-sphere : points equidistant to the origin of the euclidean space R . If a point has coordinates, P ( x , y , z , w ) , then x + y + z + w = 1 characterizes those points on

4828-404: The terms width /breadth , height /depth , and length . Books XI to XIII of Euclid's Elements dealt with three-dimensional geometry. Book XI develops notions of orthogonality and parallelism of lines and planes, and defines solids including parallelpipeds, pyramids, prisms, spheres, octahedra, icosahedra and dodecahedra. Book XII develops notions of similarity of solids. Book XIII describes

4899-446: The unit 3-sphere centered at the origin. This 3-sphere is an example of a 3-manifold: a space which is 'looks locally' like 3-D space. In precise topological terms, each point of the 3-sphere has a neighborhood which is homeomorphic to an open subset of 3-D space. In three dimensions, there are nine regular polytopes: the five convex Platonic solids and the four nonconvex Kepler-Poinsot polyhedra . A surface generated by revolving

4970-491: The work of Hermann Grassmann and Giuseppe Peano , the latter of whom first gave the modern definition of vector spaces as an algebraic structure. In mathematics, analytic geometry (also called Cartesian geometry) describes every point in three-dimensional space by means of three coordinates. Three coordinate axes are given, each perpendicular to the other two at the origin , the point at which they cross. They are usually labeled x , y , and z . Relative to these axes,

5041-466: Was not until Josiah Willard Gibbs that these two products were identified in their own right, and the modern notation for the dot and cross product were introduced in his classroom teaching notes, found also in the 1901 textbook Vector Analysis written by Edwin Bidwell Wilson based on Gibbs' lectures. Also during the 19th century came developments in the abstract formalism of vector spaces, with

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