FABP1


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FABP1

A gene on chromosome 2p11 that encodes a hepatic fatty acid-binding protein that binds long-chain fatty acids, other hydrophobic ligands and bile acids; it may be involved in intracellular lipid transport.
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002 protein Fatty acid binding fatty acid binding protein 1, FABP1 27.
Gene expression profiling of liver and mammary tissues of lactating dairy cows
The antibodies in human FABP4 ELISA are highly specific for human FABP4, with no detectable cross-reactivity to human FABP1, FABP2, FABP3, or FABP5.
FABP1 has been shown to be expressed by NEFA in renal tubular cells (14, 15), and its urine concentrations are considered amarker of renal interstitial damage (16, 17).
Plasma fatty acid-binding protein 4 increases with renal dysfunction in type 2 diabetic patients without microalbuminuria
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