FAM132A

C1QTNF12
Identifiers
Aliases	C1QTNF12, C1QDC2, CTRP12, FAM132A, family with sequence similarity 132 member A, C1q and TNF related 12
External IDs	OMIM: 616593; MGI: 1914639; HomoloGene: 12123; GeneCards: C1QTNF12; OMA:C1QTNF12 - orthologs
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 1 (human)
End	1,246,722 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 4 (mouse)
End	156,051,086 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	mucosa of transverse colon; ; mucosa of ileum; ; jejunal mucosa; ; duodenum; ; testicle; ; gonad; ; skin of abdomen; ; gastric mucosa; ; skin of limb; ; skin of leg;
	Top expressed in
	medullary collecting duct; ; renal corpuscle; ; Epithelium of choroid plexus; ; efferent ductule; ; condyle; ; fossa; ; retinal pigment epithelium; ; Paneth cell; ; brown adipose tissue; ; external carotid artery;
	More reference expression data
	n/a
Gene ontology
Molecular function	hormone activity;
Cellular component	extracellular region; extracellular space;
Biological process	positive regulation of glucose import; negative regulation of gluconeogenesis; positive regulation of insulin secretion involved in cellular response to glucose stimulus; positive regulation of insulin receptor signaling pathway; positive regulation of protein kinase B signaling; regulation of glucose metabolic process; negative regulation of inflammatory response; regulation of glucose import; regulation of signaling receptor activity; signal transduction;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
	388581
	67389
	ENSG00000184163
	ENSMUSG00000023571
	Q5T7M4
	Q8R2Z0
	NM_001014980
	NM_026125
	NP_001014980
	NP_080401
	Wikidata
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Family with sequence similarity 132, member A also known as adipolin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the FAM132A gene.^[5] Adipolin is an adipokine.