Keratinocyte growth factor is a protein that in humans is encoded by the FGF7 gene.[5][6][7]

FGF7
Identifiers
AliasesFGF7, HBGF-7, KGF, fibroblast growth factor 7
External IDsOMIM: 148180; MGI: 95521; HomoloGene: 7316; GeneCards: FGF7; OMA:FGF7 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
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UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_002009

NM_008008

RefSeq (protein)

NP_002000

NP_032034

Location (UCSC)Chr 15: 49.42 – 49.49 MbChr 2: 125.88 – 125.93 Mb
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Function

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The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the fibroblast growth factor (FGF) family. FGF family members possess broad mitogenic and cell survival activities, and are involved in a variety of biological processes, including embryonic development, cell growth, morphogenesis, tissue repair, tumor growth and invasion. This protein is a potent epithelial cell-specific growth factor, whose mitogenic activity is predominantly exhibited in keratinocytes but not in fibroblasts and endothelial cells. Studies of mouse and rat homologs of this gene implicated roles in morphogenesis of epithelium, reepithelialization of wounds, hair development and early lung organogenesis.[7]

Interactions

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FGF7 has been shown to interact with Perlecan.[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000140285Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000027208Ensembl, 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.
  5. ^ Mattei MG, deLapeyrière O, Bresnick J, Dickson C, Birnbaum D, Mason I (Mar 1995). "Mouse Fgf7 (fibroblast growth factor 7) and Fgf8 (fibroblast growth factor 8) genes map to chromosomes 2 and 19 respectively". Mammalian Genome. 6 (3): 196–7. doi:10.1007/BF00293012. PMID 7749227. S2CID 35553603.
  6. ^ Kelley MJ, Pech M, Seuanez HN, Rubin JS, O'Brien SJ, Aaronson SA (Oct 1992). "Emergence of the keratinocyte growth factor multigene family during the great ape radiation". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 89 (19): 9287–91. Bibcode:1992PNAS...89.9287K. doi:10.1073/pnas.89.19.9287. PMC 50111. PMID 1409637.
  7. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: FGF7 fibroblast growth factor 7 (keratinocyte growth factor)".
  8. ^ Mongiat M, Taylor K, Otto J, Aho S, Uitto J, Whitelock JM, Iozzo RV (Mar 2000). "The protein core of the proteoglycan perlecan binds specifically to fibroblast growth factor-7". The Journal of Biological Chemistry. 275 (10): 7095–100. doi:10.1074/jbc.275.10.7095. PMID 10702276.

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