Amphiregulin

Amphiregulin
Available structures
PDB Ortholog search: PDBe, RCSB
Identifiers
SymbolsAREG ; AR; AREGB; CRDGF; SDGF
External IDsOMIM: 104640 MGI: 88068 HomoloGene: 1252 ChEMBL: 3731 GeneCards: AREG Gene
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez37411839
EnsemblENSG00000109321ENSMUSG00000029378
UniProtP15514P31955
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_001657NM_009704
RefSeq (protein)NP_001648NP_033834
Location (UCSC)Chr 4:
75.31 – 75.32 Mb
Chr 5:
91.14 – 91.15 Mb
PubMed search

Amphiregulin, also known as AREG, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the AREG gene.[1][2][3]

Function

The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the epidermal growth factor family.[1]

It is an autocrine growth factor as well as a mitogen for astrocytes, Schwann cells, fibroblasts. It is related to epidermal growth factor (EGF) and transforming growth factor alpha (TGF-alpha). This protein interacts with the Epidermal growth factor receptor to promote the growth of normal epithelial cells.

Clinical signficance

Mutations in this encoded protein are associated with a psoriasis-like skin phenotype.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Entrez Gene: AREG amphiregulin (schwannoma-derived growth factor)".
  2. Shoyab M, Plowman GD, McDonald VL, Bradley JG, Todaro GJ (February 1989). "Structure and function of human amphiregulin: a member of the epidermal growth factor family". Science 243 (4894 Pt 1): 1074–6. doi:10.1126/science.2466334. PMID 2466334.
  3. Plowman GD, Green JM, McDonald VL, Neubauer MG, Disteche CM, Todaro GJ, Shoyab M (May 1990). "The amphiregulin gene encodes a novel epidermal growth factor-related protein with tumor-inhibitory activity". Mol. Cell. Biol. 10 (5): 1969–81. PMC 360543. PMID 2325643.

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