CRLF1 and CLCF1 in Development, Health and Disease

Int J Mol Sci. 2022 Jan 17;23(2):992. doi: 10.3390/ijms23020992.

Abstract

Cytokines and their receptors have a vital function in regulating various processes such as immune function, inflammation, haematopoiesis, cell growth and differentiation. The interaction between a cytokine and its specific receptor triggers intracellular signalling cascades that lead to altered gene expression in the target cell and consequent changes in its proliferation, differentiation, or activation. In this review, we highlight the role of the soluble type I cytokine receptor CRLF1 (cytokine receptor-like factor-1) and the Interleukin (IL)-6 cytokine CLCF1 (cardiotrophin-like cytokine factor 1) during development in physiological and pathological conditions with particular emphasis on Crisponi/cold-induced sweating syndrome (CS/CISS) and discuss new insights, challenges and possibilities arising from recent studies.

Keywords: CLCF1; CRLF1; Crisponi/cold-induced sweating syndrome; development; type I cytokine receptor.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cytokines / metabolism*
  • Death, Sudden
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Facies
  • Hand Deformities, Congenital / genetics*
  • Human Development
  • Humans
  • Hyperhidrosis / genetics*
  • Receptors, Cytokine / metabolism*
  • Signal Transduction
  • Trismus / congenital*
  • Trismus / genetics

Substances

  • CLCF1 protein, human
  • Cytokines
  • Receptors, Cytokine
  • cytokine-like factor-1

Supplementary concepts

  • Crisponi syndrome