Keratin 8 | |||||||||||||
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Symbols | KRT8; CARD2; CK8; CYK8; K2C8; K8; KO | ||||||||||||
External IDs | OMIM: 148060 MGI: 96705 HomoloGene: 55643 GeneCards: KRT8 Gene | ||||||||||||
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Species | Human | Mouse | |||||||||||
Entrez | 3856 | 16691 | |||||||||||
Ensembl | ENSG00000170421 | ENSMUSG00000049382 | |||||||||||
UniProt | P05787 | P11679 | |||||||||||
RefSeq (mRNA) | NM_002273.3 | NM_031170.2 | |||||||||||
RefSeq (protein) | NP_002264.1 | NP_112447.2 | |||||||||||
Location (UCSC) | Chr 12: 53.29 – 53.3 Mb |
Chr 15: 101.83 – 101.83 Mb |
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PubMed search | [1] | [2] |
Keratin, type I cytoskeletal 8 also known as cytokeratin-8 (CK-8) or keratin-8 (K8) is a keratin protein that in human is encoded by the KRT8 gene. It is often paired with keratin 18.
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Antibodies to CK8 (e.g. CAM 5.2) can be used to differentiate lobular carcinoma of the breast from ductal carcinoma of the breast.[1]
Keratin 8 is often used together with keratin 18 and keratin 19 to differentiate cells of epithelial origin from hematopoietic cells in tests that enumerate circulating tumor cells in blood [2].
Keratin 8 has been shown to interact with MAPK14,[3] Pinin[4] and PPL.[5]
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