Epigen

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EPGN
Identifiers
Aliases EPGN , ALGV3072, EPG, PRO9904, epithelial mitogen
External IDs MGI: 1919170 HomoloGene: 19527 GeneCards: EPGN
Gene location (Human)
Ideogram human chromosome 4.svg
Chr. Chromosome 4 (human) [1]
Human chromosome 4 ideogram.svg
HSR 1996 II 3.5e.svg
Red rectangle 2x18.png
Band 4q13.3Start74,308,470 bp [1]
End74,316,789 bp [1]
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_053087

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001257918
NP_001257919
NP_001257920
NP_001257921
NP_001257922

Contents

NP_444317

Location (UCSC) Chr 4: 74.31 – 74.32 Mb Chr 5: 91.03 – 91.04 Mb
PubMed search [3] [4]
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Epigen also known as epithelial mitogen is a protein that in humans is encoded by the EPGN gene. [5] [6]

Function

The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the epidermal growth factor family. Members of this family are ligands for the epidermal growth factor receptor and play a role in cell survival, proliferation and migration. This protein has been reported to have high mitogenic activity but low affinity for its receptor. Expression of this transcript and protein have been reported in cancer specimens of the breast, bladder, and prostate. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000182585 - Ensembl, May 2017
  2. 1 2 3 GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000035020 - 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. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: Epithelial mitogen".
  6. Schneider MR, Yarden Y (2014). "Structure and function of epigen, the last EGFR ligand". Semin. Cell Dev. Biol. 28: 57–61. doi:10.1016/j.semcdb.2013.12.011. PMC   4037347 . PMID   24374012.

This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.