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ADGRL4

Adhesion G protein-coupled receptor L4 is a latrophilin-like orphan receptor of the adhesion G protein-coupled receptor family. In humans this protein is encoded by the ADGRL4 gene. ADGRL4 appears to have a role in angiogenesis, both physiological and pathological in cancer.

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ADGRL4
Identifiers
AliasesADGRL4, ETL, KPG_003, ELTD1, adhesion G protein-coupled receptor L4
External IDsOMIM: 616419; MGI: 2655562; HomoloGene: 11170; GeneCards: ADGRL4; OMA:ADGRL4 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_022159

NM_133222

RefSeq (protein)

NP_071442

NP_573485

Location (UCSC)Chr 1: 78.89 – 79.28 MbChr 3: 151.14 – 151.25 Mb
PubMed search34
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Adhesion G protein-coupled receptor L4 is a latrophilin-like orphan receptor of the adhesion G protein-coupled receptor family. In humans this protein is encoded by the ADGRL4 gene.56 ADGRL4 appears to have a role in angiogenesis,7 both physiological and pathological in cancer.8

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References

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000162618Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000039167Ensembl, May 2017
  3. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. Nechiporuk T, Urness LD, Keating MT (February 2001). "ETL, a novel seven-transmembrane receptor that is developmentally regulated in the heart. ETL is a member of the secretin family and belongs to the epidermal growth factor-seven-transmembrane subfamily". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 276 (6): 4150–7. doi:10.1074/jbc.M004814200. PMID 11050079.
  6. "Entrez Gene: ELTD1 EGF, latrophilin and seven transmembrane domain containing 1".
  7. Masiero M, Simões FC, Han HD, Snell C, Peterkin T, Bridges E, et al. (August 2013). "A core human primary tumor angiogenesis signature identifies the endothelial orphan receptor ELTD1 as a key regulator of angiogenesis". Cancer Cell. 24 (2): 229–41. doi:10.1016/j.ccr.2013.06.004. PMC 3743050. PMID 23871637.
  8. Serban F, Artene SA, Georgescu AM, Purcaru SO, Tache DE, Alexandru O, Dricu A (December 2015). "Epidermal growth factor, latrophilin, and seven transmembrane domain-containing protein 1 marker, a novel angiogenesis marker". OncoTargets and Therapy. 8: 3767–74. doi:10.2147/OTT.S93843. PMC 4689259. PMID 26719704.
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