Leukocyte cell-derived chemotaxin-2; LECT-2; hLECT2 (LECT2)

Function

• has a neutrophil chemotactic activity
• also a positive regulator of chondrocyte proliferation

Structure

belongs to the LECT2/MIM-1 family

Compartment

cytoplasm. secreted

Expression

• highly expressed in adult & fetal liver
• weakly expressed in testis
• not expressed in bone marrow
• induced by phytohemagglutinin (PHA)

More general terms

• leukocyte cell derived chemotaxin (lect)

Database

• Entrez gene: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=gene&cmd=Retrieve&dopt=Graphics&list_uids=3950
• Kegg: http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bget?hsa:3950
• OMIM: https://mirror.omim.org/entry/602882
• UniProt: http://www.uniprot.org/uniprot/O14960.html