| Protein Name | resistin |
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| Organism | Mus musculus |
| Gene ID | 57264 |
| Gene Symbol | Retn |
| UniProt | Q99P87 (RETN_MOUSE), Q5BMX4 (Q5BMX4_MOUSE) |
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Total Number of functionally related compound(s) :
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Total Number of Articles : 78 |
Description |
resistin |
| Gene Summary |
Predicted to enable hormone activity. Predicted to be involved in several processes, including negative regulation of feeding behavior; positive regulation of cell communication; and positive regulation of smooth muscle cell proliferation. Located in extracellular space. Is expressed in adipose tissue. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in hypertension; hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; obesity; and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Orthologous to human RETN (resistin). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025] |
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