MFAP4 Antibody

1. the applicability of MFAP4 as a novel serum biomarker for assessment of hepatic fibrosis and identification of high-risk patients with severe fibrosis stages in hepatitis C, is reported. PMID: 27378383
2. No association between pMFAP4 and macrovascular vascular complications was found. However, high levels of pMFAP4 correlated independently with diabetic neuropathy. PMID: 28039584
3. These studies have identified and validated new factors enriched in juvenile chondrocytes as compared to adult chondrocytes including secreted extracellular matrix factors chordin-like 1 (CHRDL1) and microfibrillar-associated protein 4 (MFAP4). PMID: 26955889
4. plasma MFAP4 was significantly increased among patients with a previous diagnosis of liver disease or congestive heart failure compared to patients with other diagnoses. PMID: 26460565
5. Data suggest that MFAP4 specifically binds tropoelastin and fibrillin-1/-2, as well as elastin cross-linking amino acid desmosine; MFAP4 co-localizes with fibrillin-1-positive fibers; MFAP4 actively promotes tropoelastin self-assembly. PMID: 26601954
6. MFAP4 regulates integrin alphaVbeta3-induced VSMC proliferation and migration, as well as monocyte chemotaxis, and accelerates neointimal hyperplasia after vascular injury. PMID: 26564819
7. Serum MFAP4 varies in groups of patients with different cardiovascular conditions. PMID: 24349233
8. The findings support the biomarker potential of systemic MFAP4, with elevated levels in the serum reflecting pathological processes involving ECM remodeling and degradation. PMID: 24324779
9. skin with enhanced MFAP-4 expression was protected from UVB-induced photodamage/photoaging accompanied by the prevention of ECM degradation and aggravated elasticity PMID: 22355679
10. Microfibrillar associated protein 4 binds pulmonary surfactant protein A (SP-A) and colocalizes with SP-A in the extracellular matrix of the lung. PMID: 16867155

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HGNC: 7035

OMIM: 600596

KEGG: hsa:4239

STRING: 9606.ENSP00000378957

UniGene: Hs.296049