Isoform 1 is expressed in adult heart, brain, placenta, lung, prostate, testis, ovary, small intestine and colon. In the adult brain, it is mainly found in the caudate nucleus, subthalamic nucleus and thalamus. Also detected in fetal brain, lung and kidney. Isoform 2 is expressed in fetal brain, fetal lung, fetal kidney, caudate nucleus, testis and cancer cell lines.
Signaling_pathway
Cellular Processes >> Cellular community - eukaryotes >> Signaling pathways regulating pluripotency of stem cells;Human Diseases >> Cancer: overview >> Pathways in cancer;Human Diseases >> Cancer: specific types >> Hepatocellular carcinoma;Human Diseases >> Cancer: specific types >> Gastric cancer;Human Diseases >> Cancer: specific types >> Basal cell carcinoma;Human Diseases >> Cancer: specific types >> Breast cancer;Human Diseases >> Neurodegenerative disease >> Alzheimer disease;Human Diseases >> Neurodegenerative disease >> Pathways of neurodegeneration - multiple diseases;Environmental Information Processing >> Signal transduction >> Wnt signaling pathway;Environmental Information Processing >> Signal transduction >> Hippo signaling pathway;Environmental Information Processing >> Signal transduction >> mTOR signaling pathway
Research Areas
Function
Ligand for members of the frizzled family of seven transmembrane receptors. Functions in the canonical Wnt/beta-catenin signaling pathway. Plays a redundant role in embryonic lung development.