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SFRP2

Secreted frizzled-related protein 2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SFRP2 gene.[1][2]

This gene encodes a member of the SFRP family that contains a cysteine-rich domain homologous to the putative Wnt-binding site of Frizzled proteins. SFRPs act as soluble modulators of Wnt signaling. Methylation of this gene is a potential marker for the presence of colorectal cancer.[2]

References

References

  1. Melkonyan HS, Chang WC, Shapiro JP, Mahadevappa M, Fitzpatrick PA, Kiefer MC, Tomei LD, Umansky SR (Jan 1998). “SARPs: A family of secreted apoptosis-related proteins”. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 94 (25): 13636–41. doi:10.1073/pnas.94.25.13636. PMC 28358. PMID 9391078.
  2. 2.0 2.1 “Entrez Gene: SFRP2 secreted frizzled-related protein 2”.
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