DLK1

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An Error has occurred retrieving Wikidata item for infobox Protein delta homolog 1, delta like non-canonical Notch ligand 1, fetal antigen 1[1] or preadipocyte factor 1[2] is a protein that in humans is encoded by the DLK1 gene.[3][4][5] It is expressed as a transmembrane protein, but a soluble form cleaved off by ADAM17 is active in inhibiting adipogenesis,[6] the differentiation of pre-adipocytes into adipocytes.[7] It is a member of the EGF-like family of homeotic proteins.[8] Part of the Dlk1-DIO3 imprinting control region, this gene is one involved in the epigenetic process that causes a subset of genes to be regulated based on their parental origin.[9] Such imprinted genes are required for the formation of the placenta as well as the development of cellular lineages such as those derived from the mesoderm and ectoderm.[10]

References

  1. Jensen C, Teisner B, Højrup P, Rasmussen H, Madsen O, Nielsen B, Skjødt K (1993). "Studies on the isolation, structural analysis and tissue localization of fetal antigen 1 and its relation to a human adrenal-specific cDNA, pG2". Human Reproduction. 8 (4): 635–641. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a138110. PMID 8501199.
  2. Smas CM, Sul HS (1993). "Pref-1, a protein containing EGF-like repeats, inhibits adipocyte differentiation". Cell. 73 (4): 725–734. doi:10.1016/0092-8674(93)90252-L. PMID 8500166. S2CID 23634189.
  3. Laborda J, Sausville EA, Hoffman T, Notario V (1993). "dlk, a Putative Mammalian Homeotic Gene Differentially Expressed in Small Cell Lung Carcinoma and Neuroendocrine Tumor Cell Line". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 268 (6): 3817–20. doi:10.1016/S0021-9258(18)53544-4. PMID 8095043.
  4. Jensen CH, Krogh TN, Højrup P, Clausen PP, Skjødt K, Larsson LI, Enghild JJ, Teisner B (1994). "Protein Structure of Fetal Antigen 1 (FA1). A Novel Circulating Human Epidermal-Growth-Factor-Like Protein Expressed in Neuroendocrine Tumors and its Relation to the Gene Products of Dlk and pG2". European Journal of Biochemistry. 225 (1): 83–92. doi:10.1111/j.1432-1033.1994.00083.x. PMID 7925474.
  5. EntrezGene 8788
  6. Wang Y, Sul HS (2009). "Pref-1 Regulates Mesenchymal Cell Commitment and Differentiation through Sox9". Cell Metabolism. 9 (3): 287–302. doi:10.1016/j.cmet.2009.01.013. PMC 2673480. PMID 19254573.
  7. Adipogenesis at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
  8. Laborda J (2000). "The role of the epidermal growth factor-like protein dlk in cell differentiation". Histology and Histopathology. 15 (1): 119–29. PMID 10668203.
  9. Lin SP, Coan P, da Rocha ST, Seitz H, Cavaille J, Teng PW, Takada S, Ferguson-Smith AC (Jan 2007). "Differential regulation of imprinting in the murine embryo and placenta by the Dlk1-Dio3 imprinting control region". Development. 134 (2): 417–426. doi:10.1242/dev.02726. PMID 17166925.
  10. Hernandez A, Fiering S, Martinez E, Galton VA, St Germain D (Nov 2002). "The gene locus encoding iodothyronine deiodinase type 3 (Dio3) is imprinted in the fetus and expresses antisense transcripts". Endocrinology. 143 (11): 4483–4486. doi:10.1210/en.2002-220800. PMID 12399446.

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