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Facts about Dermatopontin.
Enhances TGFB1 activity. Inhibits cell proliferation.
Human | |
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Gene Name: | DPT |
Uniprot: | Q07507 |
Entrez: | 1805 |
Belongs to: |
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dermatopontin family |
Dermatopontin; DPT; Eq1; TRAMP; Tyrosine-rich acidic matrix protein
Mass (kDA):
24.005 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 1q24.2 |
Sequence: | 1; NC_000001.11 (168695468..168729206, complement) |
Expressed in fibroblasts, heart, skeletal muscle, brain and pancreas. Expressed at an intermediate level in lung and kidney, and at a low level in liver and placenta. Expressed at a lower level in fibroblasts from hypertrophic scar lesional skin and in fibroblasts from patients with systemic sclerosis than in normal skin fibroblasts.
Secreted, extracellular space, extracellular matrix.
PMID: 8104875 by Superti-Furga A., et al. Complementary DNA sequence and chromosomal mapping of a human proteoglycan-binding cell-adhesion protein (dermatopontin).
PMID: 10233760 by Kuroda K., et al. Dermatopontin expression is decreased in hypertrophic scar and systemic sclerosis skin fibroblasts and is regulated by transforming growth factor-beta1, interleukin-4, and matrix collagen.
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