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Preferred term

Trefoil Factor-3  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Intestinal Trefoil Factor
  • TFF3 Peptide
  • TFF3 Protein
  • Trefoil Factor, Intestinal

Scope note

  • A 59 amino acid (6.6 kDa) trefoil factor that contains a single trefoil domain. It is expressed in all tissues with MUCOUS MEMBRANES, including GOBLET CELLS of the SMALL INTESTINE and LARGE INTESTINE. It associates with MUCIN-2 in the small intestine and may regulate epithelial CELL MIGRATION and WOUND HEALING.

History note

  • 2017 (1992)

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URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000071165

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