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Malignant cells were generally negative. Rare cases breast, cervical, lung and gastric cancers displayed moderate to strong cytoplasmic immunoreactivity.
GENE INFORMATION
Gene name
ULBP1 (HGNC Symbol)
Synonyms
RAET1I
Description
UL16 binding protein 1 (HGNC Symbol)
Entrez gene summary
The protein encoded by this gene is a ligand of natural killer group 2, member D (NKG2D), an immune system-activating receptor on NK cells and T-cells. Binding of the encoded ligand to NKG2D leads to activation of several signal transduction pathways, including those of JAK2, STAT5, ERK and PI3K kinase/Akt. Also, in cytomegalovirus-infected cells, this ligand binds the UL16 glycoprotein and is prevented from activating the immune system. Three transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Nov 2015]