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GENE AND PROTEIN SUMMARY

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Gene name

DEFA1B

Description

defensin, alpha 1B

Protein class

Candidate cancer biomarkers, Mapped to UniProt SWISS-PROT, Potentially secreted proteins, Transporters

Protein evidence

High

Entrez gene summary

Defensins are a family of microbicidal and cytotoxic peptides thought to be involved in host defense. They are abundant in the granules of neutrophils and also found in the epithelia of mucosal surfaces such as those of the intestine, respiratory tract, urinary tract, and vagina. Members of the defensin family are highly similar in protein sequence and distinguished by a conserved cysteine motif. The protein encoded by this gene, defensin, alpha 1, is found in the microbicidal granules of neutrophils and likely plays a role in phagocyte-mediated host defense. Several alpha defensin genes are clustered on chromosome 8. This gene differs from defensin, alpha 3 by only one amino acid. This gene and the gene encoding defensin, alpha 3 are both subject to copy number variation. [provided by RefSeq, May 2010]

External links

Ensembl, UniProt, Entrez gene, neXtProt, Antibodypedia

No of splice variants

2 in total
0 with predicted TM region
2 with predicted signal peptide

SUBCELLULAR LOCATION SUMMARY

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Pending subcellular analysis

NORMAL TISSUE & ORGAN SUMMARY

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Staining summary

Hematopoietic cells, red pulp of spleen and subsets of peripheral leukocytes showed strong cytoplasmic staining. A subset of renal tubules exhibited strong cytoplasmic staining with a granular pattern. Remaining normal tissues were negative.

Tissue specificity

Staining in 9 out of 82 cell types

Reliability (Single)

Antibodies in assay

HPA052517
 

Organ

No of cell types

Antibody staining

CNS (brain) 11
Hematopoietic (blood) 8
Liver and pancreas 5
Digestive (GI-tract) 13
Respiratory (lung) 4
Cardiovascular 1
Female tissues 13
Placenta 2
Male tissues 5
Urinary tract (kidney) 3
Skin and soft tissues 14
Endocrine tissues 3

Level of antibody staining





Strong
Moderate
Weak
Negative

CANCER TISSUE SUMMARY

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Staining summary

Antibody staining in 0% of the cancers

Antibodies in assay

HPA052517
 

Tissue

Cancer staining

Normal tissue
staining

Breast cancer
 
Carcinoid
 
Cervical cancer
 
 
Colorectal cancer
 
 
Endometrial cancer
 
 
Glioma
 
Head and neck cancer
 
 
Liver cancer
 
 
Lung cancer
 
 
Lymphoma
 
 
 

Tissue

Cancer staining

Normal tissue
staining

Melanoma
 
Ovarian cancer
 
Pancreatic cancer
 
Prostate cancer
 
Renal cancer
 
Skin cancer
 
Stomach cancer
 
 
Testis cancer
 
Thyroid cancer
 
Urothelial cancer
 

Level of antibody staining





Strong
Moderate
Weak
Negative

CELL LINE SUMMARY

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RNA evidence

Not detected
 

Cell line

Cell origin

RNA abundance

IH staining

IF intensity

HPA052517

 

A-431 Skin Not detected

-

A-549 Lung Not detected

-

CACO-2 Colon Not detected

-

HEK 293 Embryonal kidney Not detected

-

HeLa Cervix Not detected

-

Hep-G2 Liver Not detected

-

MCF-7 Pleural effusion Not detected

-

PC-3 Bone marrow Not detected

-

RT-4 Urinary bladder Not detected

-

U-2 OS Bone Not detected

-

U-251 MG Brain Not detected

-

ANTIBODY SUMMARY

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Antibody

Clonality

Validation

Also mapped to

HPA052517 pAb
DEFA1 (100%), DEFA3 (99%)