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Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Blood Proteins > Acute-Phase Proteins > Lipocalin-2
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Carrier Proteins > Lipocalins > Lipocalin-2
... > Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Proteins > Neoplasm Proteins > Oncogene Proteins > Proto-Oncogene Proteins > Lipocalin-2

Preferred term

Lipocalin-2  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Lipocalin 2 Protein
  • Lipocalin-2 Protein
  • Neutrophil Gelatinase Associated Lipocalin
  • Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin
  • NGAL Protein
  • Oncogene 24p3 Protein
  • Siderocalin Protein

Scope note

  • A lipocalin of approximately 200 amino acids that functions as an iron transporter and is expressed by cells of BONE MARROW and many other cells with secretory functions. It is involved in APOPTOSIS and may function to limit pathogenic bacterial growth as part of the INNATE IMMUNE RESPONSE.

History note

  • 2017

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000071068

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