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Facts about Tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily member 11B.
Bone homeostasis appears to be based on the local ratio between TNFSF11 and TNFRSF11B. May also play a role in preventing arterial calcification.
Human | |
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Gene Name: | TNFRSF11B |
Uniprot: | O00300 |
Entrez: | 4982 |
Belongs to: |
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No superfamily |
OCIF; OCIFMGC29565; OPGtumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily member 11B; Osteoclastogenesis inhibitory factor; Osteoprotegerin; TNFRSF11B; TR1; tumor necrosis factor receptor superfamily, member 11b
Mass (kDA):
46.026 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 8q24.12 |
Sequence: | 8; |
Highly expressed in adult lung, heart, kidney, liver, spleen, thymus, prostate, ovary, small intestine, thyroid, lymph node, trachea, adrenal gland, testis, and bone marrow. Detected at very low levels in brain, placenta and skeletal muscle. Highly expressed in fetal kidney, liver and lung.
Secreted.
PMID: 9108485 by Simonet W.S., et al. Osteoprotegerin: a novel secreted protein involved in the regulation of bone density.
PMID: 9492069 by Yasuda H., et al. Identity of osteoclastogenesis inhibitory factor (OCIF) and osteoprotegerin (OPG): a mechanism by which OPG/OCIF inhibits osteoclastogenesis in vitro.
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