SFRP2

Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Secreted frizzled-related protein 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SFRP2 gene.[5][6] This gene encodes a member of the SFRP family that contains a cysteine-rich domain homologous to the putative Wnt-binding site of Frizzled proteins. SFRPs act as soluble modulators of Wnt signaling. Methylation of this gene is a potential marker for the presence of colorectal cancer.[6]

AliasesSFRP2, FRP-2, SARP1, SDF-5, secreted frizzled related protein 2
End153,789,083 bp[1]
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SFRP2
Identifiers
AliasesSFRP2, FRP-2, SARP1, SDF-5, secreted frizzled related protein 2
External IDsOMIM: 604157; MGI: 108078; HomoloGene: 56438; GeneCards: SFRP2; OMA:SFRP2 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
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RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_003013

NM_009144

RefSeq (protein)

NP_003004

NP_033170

Location (UCSC)Chr 4: 153.78 – 153.79 MbChr 3: 83.67 – 83.68 Mb
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New cardiomyocytes can be regenerated in the mouse heart via Sfrp2 and this may lead to treatment of heart injury .

Cancer

SFRP2 gene has been detected progressively overexpressed in Human papillomavirus-positive neoplastic keratinocytes derived from uterine cervical preneoplastic lesions at different levels of malignancy.[7] For this reason, this gene is likely to be associated with tumorigenesis and may be a potential prognostic marker for uterine cervical preneoplastic lesions progression.[7]

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