Lutheran blood group glycoprotein; B-CAM cell surface glycoprotein; Auberger B antigen; F8/G253 antigen; CD239 antigen (BCAM, LU, MSK19)

Function

• probable receptor

Compartment

membrane

Expression

• wide tissue distribution (highest in pancreas, very low in brain)
• associated with the basal layer of cells in epithelia & endothelium of blood vessels
• under developmental control in liver

Pathology

up-regulated following malignant transformation in some cells

More general terms

• glycoprotein
• cell surface receptor

Database

• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/111200
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/P50895.html