| Tissue Specificity | Ubiquitously expressed with high expression in heart. Over-expressed in various tumors including carcinomas of the uterine cervix, lymphoma, colon, lung, skin and leukemia, as well as carcinoma of the breast. |
| Function | Acts as a neurotrophic factor in postnatal mature neurons enhancing neuronal survival. Promotes cell proliferation and neurogenesis in undifferentiated neural progenitor cells at the embryonic stage and inhibits differentiation of astrocytes. Its neurotrophic activity is exerted via MAPK1/ERK2, MAPK3/ERK1 and AKT1/AKT pathways. Neurotrophic activity is enhanced by binding to heme. Acts also as an anorexigenic neurotrophic factor that contributes to energy balance. |
| Protein Name | NeudesinCell Immortalization-Related Protein 2Neuron-Derived Neurotrophic FactorProtein Gig47Secreted Protein Of Unknown FunctionSpuf Protein |
| Cellular Localisation | SecretedExtracellular SpaceMitochondrionEndoplasmic ReticulumLocalized To Mitochondria And Endoplasmic Reticulum By Pink1 And Park7 |
| Alternative Antibody Names | Anti-Neudesin antibodyAnti-Cell Immortalization-Related Protein 2 antibodyAnti-Neuron-Derived Neurotrophic Factor antibodyAnti-Protein Gig47 antibodyAnti-Secreted Protein Of Unknown Function antibodyAnti-Spuf Protein antibodyAnti-NENF antibodyAnti-CIR2 antibodyAnti-SPUF antibody |
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