ITM2A

ITM2A

ITM2A

Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens


Integral membrane protein 2A is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ITM2A gene.[5][6][7][8]

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Function

The protein encoded by this gene is involved in osteo- and chondrogenic cellular differentiation (the cells which are responsible for the development of bone and cartilage respectively).[6]

ITM2A is also involved in activation of T-cells in the immune system[9] and in myocyte differentiation.[10]


References

  1. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  2. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  3. Pittois K, Wauters J, Bossuyt P, Deleersnijder W, Merregaert J (Mar 1999). "Genomic organization and chromosomal localization of the Itm2a gene". Mamm Genome. 10 (1): 54–6. doi:10.1007/s003359900942. PMID 9892734. S2CID 24117211.
  4. Mao M, Fu G, Wu JS, Zhang QH, Zhou J, Kan LX, Huang QH, He KL, Gu BW, Han ZG, Shen Y, Gu J, Yu YP, Xu SH, Wang YX, Chen SJ, Chen Z (July 1998). "Identification of genes expressed in human CD34+ hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells by expressed sequence tags and efficient full-length cDNA cloning". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 95 (14): 8175–80. Bibcode:1998PNAS...95.8175M. doi:10.1073/pnas.95.14.8175. PMC 20949. PMID 9653160.
  5. Van den Plas D, Merregaert J (2004). "Constitutive overexpression of the integral membrane protein Itm2A enhances myogenic differentiation of C2C12 cells". Cell Biol. Int. 28 (3): 199–207. doi:10.1016/j.cellbi.2003.11.019. PMID 14984746. S2CID 28123188.

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