MeSH definition : A receptor subunit that combines with CYTOKINE RECEPTOR GP130 to form the dual specificity
receptor for LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR and ONCOSTATIN M. The subunit is also a component
of the CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR. Both membrane-bound and secreted isoforms
of the receptor subunit exist due to ALTERNATIVE SPLICING of its mRNA. The secreted
isoform is believed to act as an inhibitory receptor, while the membrane-bound form
is a signaling receptor.;
A receptor subunit that combines with CYTOKINE RECEPTOR GP130 to form the dual specificity
receptor for LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR and ONCOSTATIN M. The subunit is also a component
of the CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR. Both membrane-bound and secreted isoforms
of the receptor subunit exist due to ALTERNATIVE SPLICING of its mRNA. The secreted
isoform is believed to act as an inhibitory receptor, while the membrane-bound form
is a signaling receptor.