CD153 Proteins

Protein Information

The ligand for CD30 is CD30L (CD153). The binding of CD30 to CD30L mediates pleiotropic effects including cell proliferation, activation, differentiation, and apoptotic cell death. CD30 has a critical role in the pathophysiology of Hodgkin's disease and other CD30+ lymphomas. CD30 acts as a costimulatory molecule in thymic negative selection. In addition to its expression on Hodgkin's and Reed-Sternberg cells, CD30 is also found in some non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (including Burkitt's lymphomas), virus-infected T and B cells, and on normal T and B cells after activation. In T cells, CD30 expression is present on a subset of T cells that produce Th2-type cytokines and on CD4+/CD8+ thymocytes that coexpress CD45RO and the IL4 receptor.

Synonyms

CD153; CD153 antigen; CD30 antigen ligand; CD30 ligand; Cd30l; CD30-L; Cd30lg; CD30ligand; Tnfsf8; TNLG3A; tumor necrosis factor (ligand) superfamily member 8; tumor necrosis factor (ligand) superfamily, member 8; tumor necrosis factor ligand 3A; tumor necrosis factor ligand superfamily member 8; tumor necrosis factor superfamily member 8