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Cell line enhanced (BEWO, NB-4, RPMI-8226, U-2197)
HPA (normal tissue):
Tissue enriched (prostate)
Protein evidence
Evidence at protein level
Protein expression normal tissue
Glandular cytoplasmic expression in prostate and stomach.
ANTIBODY IHC RELIABILITY
Data reliability description
Antibody staining mainly consistent with RNA expression data. Secreted protein, tissue location of RNA and protein might differ and correlation is complex.
Several breast cancers along with few melanomas, urothelial and testicular cancers showed moderate to strong nuclear positivity. Few prostate and stomach cancers showed additional cytoplasmic staining. Remaining cancers tissues showed weak nuclear positivity or were mostly negative.
The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the immunoglobulin binding factor family. It is synthesized by the epithelial cells of the prostate gland and secreted into the seminal plasma. This protein has inhibin-like activity. It may have a role as an autocrine paracrine factor in uterine, breast and other female reproductive tissues. The expression of the encoded protein is found to be decreased in prostate cancer. Two alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms are described for this gene. The use of alternate polyadenylation sites has been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]