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BPI fold-containing family B member 2

BPI fold-containing family B member 2 (BPIFB2) also known as bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein-like 1 (BPI-like 1) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the BPIFB2 gene.[1][2]

Function

Function

This gene encodes a member of the lipid transfer/lipopolysaccharide binding protein (LT/LBP) gene family. It is highly expressed in hypertrophic tonsils. This gene and three other members of the LT/LBP gene family form a cluster on the long arm of chromosome 20.[2]

References

References

  1. Mulero JJ, Boyle BJ, Bradley S, Bright JM, Nelken ST, Ho TT, Mize NK, Childs JD, Ballinger DG, Ford JE, Rupp F (Aug 2002). “Three new human members of the lipid transfer/lipopolysaccharide binding protein family (LT/LBP)”. Immunogenetics. 54 (5): 293–300. doi:10.1007/s00251-002-0467-3. PMID 12185532.
  2. 2.0 2.1 “Entrez Gene: BPIL1 bactericidal/permeability-increasing protein-like 1”.
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