Placenta specific 8

PLAC8
Identifiers
Aliases	PLAC8, C15, DGIC, onzin, PNAS-144, placenta specific 8, placenta associated 8
External IDs	OMIM: 607515; MGI: 2445289; GeneCards: PLAC8
Gene location (Human)
Chr.	Chromosome 4 (human)
End	83,137,075 bp
Gene location (Mouse)
Chr.	Chromosome 5 (mouse)
End	100,720,111 bp
RNA expression pattern
	Top expressed in
	bronchial epithelial cell; ; mucosa of transverse colon; ; mucosa of sigmoid colon; ; epithelium of nasopharynx; ; bone marrow; ; granulocyte; ; mucosa of ileum; ; trabecular bone; ; bone marrow cell; ; rectum;
	Top expressed in
	gastrula; ; duodenum; ; mucous cell of stomach; ; jejunum; ; colon; ; left colon; ; pyloric antrum; ; decidua; ; tibiofemoral joint; ; ileum;
	More reference expression data
	n/a
Gene ontology
Molecular function	chromatin binding;
Cellular component	extracellular region; azurophil granule lumen;
Biological process	positive regulation of cell population proliferation; response to cold; negative regulation of multicellular organism growth; defense response to bacterium; negative regulation of apoptotic process; positive regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II; brown fat cell differentiation; neutrophil degranulation; positive regulation of cold-induced thermogenesis;
	Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Orthologs
Databases	NCBI: entry; OMA: entry
	51316
	231507
	ENSG00000145287
	ENSMUSG00000029322
	Q9NZF1
	Q9JI48
	NM_016619; NM_001130715; NM_001130716
	NM_139198; NM_001370754
	NP_001124187; NP_001124188; NP_057703
	NP_631937; NP_001357683
	Wikidata
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Placenta specific 8 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PLAC8 gene.

References

1 2 3 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000145287 – Ensembl, May 2017
1 2 3 GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000029322 – Ensembl, May 2017
↑ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
↑ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
↑ "Entrez Gene: Placenta specific 8". Retrieved 2017-12-22.

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Uehara H, Takahashi T, Izumi K (2013). "Induction of retinol-binding protein 4 and placenta-specific 8 expression in human prostate cancer cells remaining in bone following osteolytic tumor growth inhibition by osteoprotegerin". Int. J. Oncol. 43 (2): 365–74. doi:10.3892/ijo.2013.1954. PMC 3775580. PMID 23708710.
Li C, Ma H, Wang Y, Cao Z, Graves-Deal R, Powell AE, Starchenko A, Ayers GD, Washington MK, Kamath V, Desai K, Gerdes MJ, Solnica-Krezel L, Coffey RJ (2014). "Excess PLAC8 promotes an unconventional ERK2-dependent EMT in colon cancer". J. Clin. Invest. 124 (5): 2172–87. doi:10.1172/JCI71103. PMC 4001536. PMID 24691442.
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Blue EK, Sheehan BM, Nuss ZV, Boyle FA, Hocutt CM, Gohn CR, Varberg KM, McClintick JN, Haneline LS (2015). "Epigenetic Regulation of Placenta-Specific 8 Contributes to Altered Function of Endothelial Colony-Forming Cells Exposed to Intrauterine Gestational Diabetes Mellitus". Diabetes. 64 (7): 2664–75. doi:10.2337/db14-1709. PMC 4477353. PMID 25720387.
Kaistha BP, Lorenz H, Schmidt H, Sipos B, Pawlak M, Gierke B, Kreider R, Lankat-Buttgereit B, Sauer M, Fiedler L, Krattenmacher A, Geisel B, Kraus JM, Frese KK, Kelkenberg S, Giese NA, Kestler HA, Gress TM, Buchholz M (2016). "PLAC8 Localizes to the Inner Plasma Membrane of Pancreatic Cancer Cells and Regulates Cell Growth and Disease Progression through Critical Cell-Cycle Regulatory Pathways". Cancer Res. 76 (1): 96–107. doi:10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-15-0216. PMID 26669866.
Li M, Liu D, Wang L, Wang W, Wang A, Yao Y (2016). "Expression of placenta-specific 8 in human oocytes, embryos, and models of in vitro implantation". Fertil. Steril. 106 (3): 781–789.e2. doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2016.05.018. PMID 27322877.

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[refGRCh38Ensembl-1] 1 2 3 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000145287 – Ensembl, May 2017

[refGRCm38Ensembl-2] 1 2 3 GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000029322 – Ensembl, 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.

[entrez-5] "Entrez Gene: Placenta specific 8". Retrieved 2017-12-22.

Placenta specific 8

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