Mammaglobin-B

Mammaglobin-B also known as secretoglobin family 2A member 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SCGB2A1 gene.[3][4]

SCGB2A1
Identifiers
AliasesSCGB2A1, LPHC, LPNC, MGB2, UGB3, secretoglobin family 2A member 1
External IDsOMIM: 604398 HomoloGene: 88664 GeneCards: SCGB2A1
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

4246

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Ensembl

ENSG00000124939

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UniProt

O75556

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RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_002407

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RefSeq (protein)

NP_002398

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Location (UCSC)Chr 11: 62.21 – 62.21 Mbn/a
PubMed search[2]n/a
Wikidata
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SCGB2A1 and breast cancer

SCGB2A1 expression is highly specific of mammary tissue, and has been used for identification and detection of disseminated breast cancer cells.[5]

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000124939 - Ensembl, May 2017
  2. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  3. Becker RM, Darrow C, Zimonjic DB, Popescu NC, Watson MA, Fleming TP (Jan 1999). "Identification of mammaglobin B, a novel member of the uteroglobin gene family". Genomics. 54 (1): 70–8. doi:10.1006/geno.1998.5539. PMID 9806831.
  4. "Entrez Gene: SCGB2A1 secretoglobin, family 2A, member 1".
  5. Lacroix, M (2006). "Significance, detection and markers of disseminated breast cancer cells". Endocrine-Related Cancer. Bioscientifica. 13 (4): 1033–1067. doi:10.1677/ERC-06-0001. PMID 17158753.

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