SFRP4

SFRP4
Identifiers
Aliases SFRP4, FRP-4, FRPHE, sFRP-4, secreted frizzled related protein 4
External IDs MGI: 892010 HomoloGene: 2267 GeneCards: SFRP4
RNA expression pattern


More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

6424

20379

Ensembl

ENSG00000106483

ENSMUSG00000021319

UniProt

Q6FHJ7

Q9Z1N6

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_003014

NM_016687

RefSeq (protein)

NP_003005.2

NP_057896.1

Location (UCSC) Chr 7: 37.91 – 38.03 Mb Chr 13: 19.62 – 19.63 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]
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Secreted frizzled-related protein 4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the SFRP4 gene.[3][4]

Function

Secreted frizzled-related protein 4 (SFRP4) is 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. The expression of SFRP4 in ventricular myocardium correlates with apoptosis related gene expression.[4]

SFRP4 is a hub gene in a Type 2 Diabetes-associated gene coexpression module in human islets, and reduces glucose-induced insulin secretion through decreased β-cell exocytosis. Expression and release of SFRP4 from islets is enhanced by interleukin-1β. SFRP4 is elevated in serum several years before clinical diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes. Individuals who have above-average levels of SFRP4 in the blood are five times more likely to develop diabetes in the next few years than those with below-average levels.[5]

References

  1. "Human PubMed Reference:".
  2. "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
  3. Abu-Jawdeh G, Comella N, Tomita Y, Brown LF, Tognazzi K, Sokol SY, Kocher O (May 1999). "Differential expression of frpHE: a novel human stromal protein of the secreted frizzled gene family, during the endometrial cycle and malignancy". Lab Invest. 79 (4): 439–47. PMID 10211996.
  4. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: SFRP4 secreted frizzled-related protein 4".
  5. Mahdi T, Hänzelmann S, Salehi A, Muhammed SJ, Reinbothe TM, Tang Y, Axelsson AS, Zhou Y, Jing X, Almgren P, Krus U, Taneera J, Blom AM, Lyssenko V, Esguerra JLS, Hansson O, Eliasson L, Derry J, Zhang E, Wollheim CB, Groop L, Renström E, Rosengren AH (November 2012). "Secreted Frizzled-Related Protein 4 Reduces Insulin Secretion and Is Overexpressed in Type 2 Diabetes". Cell Metabolism. 16 (5): 625–633. doi:10.1016/j.cmet.2012.10.009.

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