Mammaglobin-B

Secretoglobin, family 2A, member 1
Identifiers
Symbols SCGB2A1 ; LPHC; LPNC; MGB2; UGB3
External IDs OMIM: 604398 HomoloGene: 88664 GeneCards: SCGB2A1 Gene
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 4246 n/a
Ensembl ENSG00000124939 n/a
UniProt O75556 n/a
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_002407 n/a
RefSeq (protein) NP_002398 n/a
Location (UCSC) Chr 11:
62.21 – 62.21 Mb
n/a
PubMed search n/a

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

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.[3]

References

  1. 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.
  2. "Entrez Gene: SCGB2A1 secretoglobin, family 2A, member 1".
  3. 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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