Stats by Source
Total, split by cell line (COSMIC CL / DepMap / PubMed) vs tissue (COSMIC primary tissue)
Total = all mutations for this gene across every source.
Cell line = COSMIC Cell Lines Project + DepMap + PubMed.
Tissue = COSMIC primary-tissue (patient tumour) samples.
Total can exceed cell line + tissue: COSMIC tissue-derived models sit only in global, and a peptide can be shared across both.
| Total | Cell line | Tissue | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mutations | 431 | 44 | 387 |
| Samples | 87 | 14 | 73 |
| Peptides | 69 | 10 | 61 |
Function
IL15 · Interleukin 15
The protein encoded by this gene is a cytokine that regulates T and natural killer cell activation and proliferation. This cytokine and interleukine 2 share many biological activities. They are found to bind common hematopoietin receptor subunits, and may compete for the same receptor, and thus negatively regulate each other's activity. The number of CD8+ memory cells is shown to be controlled by a balance between this cytokine and IL2. This cytokine induces the activation of JAK kinases, as well as the phosphorylation and activation of transcription activators STAT3, STAT5, and STAT6. Studies of the mouse counterpart suggested that this cytokine may increase the expression of apoptosis inhibitor BCL2L1/BCL-x(L), possibly through the transcription activation activity of STAT6, and thus prevent apoptosis. Alternatively spliced transcript variants of this gene have been reported. [provided by RefSeq, Feb 2011].
Isoforms & Proteins
6 transcripts · UniProt mapping is sequence-verified (AA-safe)
Each Ensembl transcript (ENST) this gene is mutated on, with its matched UniProt accession.
The mapping is sequence-verified: the UniProt sequence is identical to the transcript translation, so amino-acid positions line up exactly. A * marks an unreviewed (TrEMBL) entry.
Counts are mutations and unique mutant peptides on each transcript.
Gene Properties
Recurrent Mutations
All 64 amino-acid changes on canonical ENST00000320650 · needle height = samples · drag the mini-map to zoom
A lollipop / needle plot – the standard way to show recurrent mutations along a protein (as used by cBioPortal and MutationMapper).
X-axis = amino-acid position in the protein.
Needle height & head size = how often that exact amino-acid change was observed (its recurrence). Tall/large heads are mutational hotspots.
The most recurrent changes are labelled; hover any needle for the change, position and counts.
Mutation frequency across cancer types
% of samples with a missense/complex mutation in IL15 · cell line vs tissue
For each cancer type, the fraction of samples that carry at least one missense/complex mutation anywhere in IL15 – counted as distinct samples (a sample counts once no matter how many mutations it has).
Split into cell line and tissue; each cell shows mutated / total and the percentage. Cohorts with <20 samples are omitted. Ordered by combined frequency.
| Cancer type | Cell lines | Tissue samples |
|---|---|---|
| Endometrial Carcinoma | 2/42 5% | 8/612 1% |
| Glioblastoma | 1/98 1% | 0/0 0% |
| Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour | 0/0 0% | 1/133 1% |
| Cervical Carcinoma | 1/35 3% | 2/422 0% |
| Melanoma | 1/210 0% | 13/1899 1% |
| Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma | 0/304 0% | 9/1390 1% |
| Other Solid Cancers | 4/94 4% | 4/1515 0% |
| Osteosarcoma | 0/45 0% | 1/166 1% |
| Ewings Sarcoma | 1/63 2% | 0/262 0% |
| Bladder Carcinoma | 1/58 2% | 2/956 0% |
| Plasma Cell Myeloma | 0/44 0% | 1/305 0% |
| Small Cell Lung Carcinoma | 0/9 0% | 2/752 0% |
| Gastric Carcinoma | 0/74 0% | 4/1809 0% |
| Colorectal Carcinoma | 0/143 0% | 7/3239 0% |
| Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma | 0/51 0% | 5/2550 0% |
| Other Sarcomas | 0/69 0% | 1/699 0% |
| Esophageal Carcinoma | 0/23 0% | 1/769 0% |
| Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma | 0/57 0% | 1/810 0% |
| B-Cell Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma | 2/88 2% | 1/2534 0% |
| Kidney Carcinoma | 1/85 1% | 1/1862 0% |
| Breast Carcinoma | 0/144 0% | 3/3264 0% |
| Pancreatic Carcinoma | 0/89 0% | 1/1611 0% |
| Head and Neck Carcinoma | 0/85 0% | 1/1574 0% |
| Glioma | 0/52 0% | 1/2127 0% |
| Prostate Carcinoma | 0/13 0% | 1/2105 0% |
| B-Lymphoblastic Leukemia | 0/55 0% | 1/2640 0% |
| Hepatocellular Carcinoma | 0/46 0% | 1/2210 0% |
Mutation Distribution
Where IL15 is mutated · all tissues, split by cell line vs tissue
How many mutations in IL15 were found in each tissue, across the whole database.
Each bar is a tissue (cell-line and tissue names are merged to the standard tissue), split into cell line and tissue (patient tumour) contributions.
This shows the cancer-context where this gene is recurrently altered.
GTEx Expression
Median TPM across 54 healthy tissues
Median gene expression (TPM) in normal, non-cancer human tissues from the GTEx project.
Useful for judging tumour specificity – a strong neoantigen target ideally comes from a gene with low expression in healthy tissues.
Scroll or drag the mini-axis below the chart to browse all tissues.
Mutations
All 431 mutations in IL15
Every mutation record for this gene, across all samples and sources.
The Sample column links to the cell line (cell-line samples) or the tissue type (tissue samples).
Use the Type / Source filters, the search box, and column sorting to explore; each CAN-IMMUNE ID opens the full mutation & peptide view.
| ID | Sample | Transcript | AA Change | CDS | Type | Source | Mutant Peptide | Wild-type Peptide |
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