| Protein Name | cardiotrophin 1 |
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| Organism | Homo sapiens |
| Gene ID | 1489 |
| Gene Symbol | CTF1 |
| UniProt | Q16619 (CTF1_HUMAN) |
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Total Number of functionally related compound(s) :
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Total Number of Articles : 160 |
Description |
cardiotrophin 1 |
| Gene Summary |
The protein encoded by this gene is a secreted cytokine that induces cardiac myocyte hypertrophy in vitro. It has been shown to bind and activate the ILST/gp130 receoptor. Two transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Dec 2008] |
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