Mammaglobin-B

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SCGB2A1
Identifiers
Aliases SCGB2A1 , LPHC, LPNC, MGB2, UGB3, secretoglobin family 2A member 1
External IDs OMIM: 604398; HomoloGene: 88664; GeneCards: SCGB2A1; OMA:SCGB2A1 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_002407

XM_006527538

RefSeq (protein)

NP_002398

NP_001365339

Location (UCSC) Chr 11: 62.21 – 62.21 Mb Chr 19: 9.85 – 9.85 Mb
PubMed search [3] [4]
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Mammaglobin-B also known as secretoglobin family 2A member 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SCGB2A1 gene. [5] [6]

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SCGB2A1 and breast cancer

SCGB2A1 expression is highly specific of mammary tissue, and has been used for identification and detection of disseminated breast cancer cells. [7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000124939 Ensembl, May 2017
  2. 1 2 3 GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000096872 Ensembl, May 2017
  3. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. Becker RM, Darrow C, Zimonjic DB, Popescu NC, Watson MA, Fleming TP (Jan 1999). "Identification of mammaglobin B, a novel member of the uteroglobin gene family". Genomics. 54 (1): 70–8. doi:10.1006/geno.1998.5539. PMID   9806831.
  6. "Entrez Gene: SCGB2A1 secretoglobin, family 2A, member 1".
  7. Lacroix, M (2006). "Significance, detection and markers of disseminated breast cancer cells". Endocrine-Related Cancer . 13 (4). Bioscientifica: 1033–1067. doi: 10.1677/ERC-06-0001 . PMID   17158753.

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