The interleukin 11 receptor is a

type I cytokine receptor Type I cytokine receptors are transmembrane receptors expressed on the surface of cells that recognize and respond to cytokines with four α-helical strands. These receptors are also known under the name ''hemopoietin receptors'', and share a c ...

, binding

interleukin 11 Interleukin 11 (IL-11) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ''IL11'' gene. IL-11 is a cytokine and first isolated in 1990 from bone marrow-derived fibrocyte-like stromal cells. It was initially thought to be important for hematopoiesis ...

. It is a heterodimer composed of an interleukin 11 receptor alpha subunit and an incompletely characterized beta subunit.

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* Type I cytokine receptors {{membrane-protein-stub