Predicted to enable cytokine activity and growth factor activity. Involved in cellular response to hypoxia and response to X-ray. Predicted to be located in extracellular space. Used to study high grade glioma. Biomarker of periodontal disease. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in epidermodysplasia verruciformis. Orthologous to human IL7 (interleukin 7). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]