IL7R

Interleukin 7 receptor P16871 IL7RA_HUMAN
Protein Coding Chr 5 5p13.2 Swiss-Prot reviewed Entrez 3575
Mutations
1,262
CL 127 · Tissue 1,125
Samples
638
CL 88 · Tissue 543
Peptides
405
unique mutant peptides
Transcripts
3
isoforms mutated

Stats by Source

Total, split by cell line (COSMIC CL / DepMap / PubMed) vs tissue (COSMIC primary tissue)

How the counts split by source
Stats by Source

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.

TotalCell lineTissue
Mutations1,2621271,125
Samples63888543
Peptides40552357

Function

IL7R · Interleukin 7 receptor

The protein encoded by this gene is a receptor for interleukin 7 (IL7). The function of this receptor requires the interleukin 2 receptor, gamma chain (IL2RG), which is a common gamma chain shared by the receptors of various cytokines, including interleukins 2, 4, 7, 9, and 15. This protein has been shown to play a critical role in V(D)J recombination during lymphocyte development. Defects in this gene may be associated with severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID). Alternatively spliced transcript variants have been found. [provided by RefSeq, Dec 2015].

Isoforms & Proteins

3 transcripts · UniProt mapping is sequence-verified (AA-safe)

About the isoform mapping
Isoforms & Proteins

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.

TranscriptUniProtMutationsPeptides
ENST00000303115 P16871 734 372
ENST00000506850 P16871-3 361 181
ENST00000511982 D6RDM4* 167 95

Gene Properties

Type
Protein Coding
Chromosome
5
Cytoband
5p13.2
Entrez ID
Aliases
CD127CDW127IL-7R-alphaIL-7RalphaIL7RAIL7Ralpha

Recurrent Mutations

All 372 amino-acid changes on canonical ENST00000303115 · needle height = samples · drag the mini-map to zoom

What this lollipop shows
Recurrent Mutations

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 IL7R · cell line vs tissue

How this frequency is counted
Cancer-type mutation frequency

For each cancer type, the fraction of samples that carry at least one missense/complex mutation anywhere in IL7R – 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 typeCell linesTissue samples
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour
0/0 0%
26/133 20%
Melanoma
5/210 2%
147/1899 8%
Glioblastoma
6/98 6%
0/0 0%
T-Lymphoblastic Leukemia
2/40 5%
0/0 0%
Squamous Cell Lung Carcinoma
2/57 4%
32/810 4%
T-Cell Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma
1/26 4%
0/0 0%
Non-Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
17/304 6%
34/1390 2%
Small Cell Lung Carcinoma
0/9 0%
18/752 2%
Other Solid Cancers
2/94 2%
33/1515 2%
Endometrial Carcinoma
1/42 2%
13/612 2%
Oral Cavity Carcinoma
1/54 2%
0/0 0%
Gastric Carcinoma
3/74 4%
31/1809 2%
Colorectal Carcinoma
13/143 9%
41/3239 1%
Bladder Carcinoma
1/58 2%
15/956 2%
Germ Cell Tumour
0/25 0%
3/169 2%
Neuroendocrine Tumour
0/154 0%
11/577 2%
Hodgkins Lymphoma
2/16 12%
0/122 0%
Plasma Cell Myeloma
3/44 7%
2/305 1%
Esophageal Carcinoma
1/23 4%
8/769 1%
Chondrosarcoma
1/14 7%
0/75 0%
Acute Myeloid Leukemia
1/90 1%
0/0 0%
Other Sarcomas
2/69 3%
6/699 1%
Biliary Tract Carcinoma
0/54 0%
9/950 1%
Ovarian Carcinoma
3/109 3%
7/998 1%
Adrenocortical Carcinoma
0/3 0%
1/112 1%
Head and Neck Carcinoma
0/85 0%
14/1574 1%
Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma
4/51 8%
17/2550 1%
Non-Cancerous
1/104 1%
6/830 1%
Thyroid Gland Carcinoma
2/45 4%
10/1592 1%
B-Lymphoblastic Leukemia
0/55 0%
15/2640 1%

Mutation Distribution

Where IL7R is mutated · all tissues, split by cell line vs tissue

Mutation counts by tissue
Mutation Distribution

How many mutations in IL7R 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

GTEx Portal ↗
About the expression data
GTEx Expression

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 1,262 mutations in IL7R

About the mutation list
Mutations

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.

IDSampleTranscriptAA Change CDSTypeSourceMutant PeptideWild-type Peptide