Betacellulin(BTC),has been identified in the conditioned medium of cell lines derived from mouse pancreatic beta cell tumors. Betacellulin is a 32-kilodalton...
APLP1 encodes a member of the highly conserved amyloid precursor protein gene family. The encoded protein is a membrane-associated glycoprotein that is...
Actin, alpha cardiac muscle 1 is a protein encoded by the ACTC1 gene.Actins are highly conserved proteins that are involved in various types of cell...
The alpha-amylases hydrolyze alpha-1,4-glucoside bonds in polymers of glucose units. Kamaryt and Laxova found 2 amylase isoenzymes in serum, one produced by...
Defensins are cytotoxic peptides and have a well-defined role in host defense. Defensins are a family of microbicidal and cytotoxic peptides thought to be...
Alpha-1-acid glycoprotein (AGP) is a simplified name for orosomucoid (ORM). ORM is an acute phase (Acute phase protein) plasma alpha-globulin glycoprotein...
Streuli et al. (1980) showed that at least 3 different IFN-alpha genes are expressed in man. Furthermore, study of genomic DNA revealed the presence of at...
Collagen alpha-1(V) chain is alpha chain for one of the low abundance fibrillar collagens. Fibrillar collagen molecules are trimers that can be composed of...
The nucleotide-binding oligomerization domain-like receptors, in short NOD-like receptors (NLRs) are intracellular sensors of PAMPs that enter the cell via...
Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH or LD) is an enzyme found in nearly all living cells (animals, plants, and prokaryotes). LDH catalyzes the conversion of lactate...
VASH2 deduced 355-amino acid protein shares 52.5% amino acid identity with VASH1 and 97.5% amino acid identity with mouse Vash2. VASH2 expression at...
Vasodilator-stimulated phosphoprotein (VASP) is a member of the Ena-VASP protein family. Ena-VASP family members contain an EHV1 N-terminal domain that binds...
Cyanocobalamin is the most common and widely produced of the chemical compounds that have vitamin activity as vitamin B12. Vitamin B12 is the "generic...
Vitamin B6 is a water-soluble vitamin. Pyridoxine is one of the compounds that can be called vitamin B6, along with pyridoxal and pyridoxamine. Its...
Vitamin C is an essential nutrient for humans and certain other animal species, in which it functions as a vitamin. In living organisms, ascorbate is an...
In mammalian cells, vinculin is a membrane-cytoskeletal protein in focal adhesion plaques that is involved in linkage of integrin adhesion molecules to the...
Ergocalciferol is a provitamin form of vitamin D, also called vitamin D2. Ergocalciferol is created when ultraviolet light activates ergosterol....
Cholecalciferol is a form of vitamin D, also called vitamin D3. It is structurally similar to steroids such as testosterone, cholesterol, and cortisol...
VDR is the nuclear hormone receptor for vitamin D3. This receptor also functions as a receptor for the secondary bile acid lithocholic acid. The receptor...
VEGF-C has been shown to exhibit angiogenic and lymphangiogenic actions. The VEGF family of growth factors and receptors is involved in the development and...