Details for: AREG

Gene ID: 374

Symbol: AREG

Ensembl ID: ENSG00000109321

Description: amphiregulin

Associated with

Cells (max top 100)

(Marker Score score is uniquely calculated using our advanced thresholding algorithms to reveal cell-specific gene markers)

  • Cell Name: decidual natural killer cell, human (CL0002343)
    Fold Change: 3.55
    Marker Score: 9794.5
  • Cell Name: NKp46-positive innate lymphoid cell, human (CL0001076)
    Fold Change: 2.94
    Marker Score: 8588.5
  • Cell Name: progenitor cell of mammary luminal epithelium (CL0009116)
    Fold Change: 2.93
    Marker Score: 11279
  • Cell Name: CD8-positive, alpha-beta cytokine secreting effector T cell (CL0000908)
    Fold Change: 2.69
    Marker Score: 1161.5
  • Cell Name: early promyelocyte (CL0002154)
    Fold Change: 2.68
    Marker Score: 2148
  • Cell Name: DN3 thymocyte (CL0000807)
    Fold Change: 2.6
    Marker Score: 1297
  • Cell Name: conjunctival epithelial cell (CL1000432)
    Fold Change: 2.56
    Marker Score: 2698
  • Cell Name: lung macrophage (CL1001603)
    Fold Change: 2.45
    Marker Score: 2807
  • Cell Name: epithelial cell of urethra (CL1000296)
    Fold Change: 2.41
    Marker Score: 1895
  • Cell Name: basal cell of prostate epithelium (CL0002341)
    Fold Change: 2.34
    Marker Score: 5721
  • Cell Name: DN1 thymic pro-T cell (CL0000894)
    Fold Change: 2.3
    Marker Score: 714
  • Cell Name: basophil (CL0000767)
    Fold Change: 2.25
    Marker Score: 1067
  • Cell Name: stem cell of epidermis (CL1000428)
    Fold Change: 2.24
    Marker Score: 760
  • Cell Name: type II pneumocyte (CL0002063)
    Fold Change: 2.17
    Marker Score: 14117
  • Cell Name: bladder urothelial cell (CL1001428)
    Fold Change: 2.12
    Marker Score: 3124
  • Cell Name: mammary gland epithelial cell (CL0002327)
    Fold Change: 1.99
    Marker Score: 708.5
  • Cell Name: CD1c-positive myeloid dendritic cell (CL0002399)
    Fold Change: 1.98
    Marker Score: 5125
  • Cell Name: enterocyte of epithelium of large intestine (CL0002071)
    Fold Change: 1.95
    Marker Score: 1947
  • Cell Name: keratinocyte (CL0000312)
    Fold Change: 1.93
    Marker Score: 1613
  • Cell Name: thymocyte (CL0000893)
    Fold Change: 1.9
    Marker Score: 1986
  • Cell Name: foveolar cell of stomach (CL0002179)
    Fold Change: 1.8
    Marker Score: 11512
  • Cell Name: epithelial cell of lung (CL0000082)
    Fold Change: 1.71
    Marker Score: 8994.5
  • Cell Name: CD56-positive, CD161-positive immature natural killer cell, human (CL0002338)
    Fold Change: 1.65
    Marker Score: 542.5
  • Cell Name: elicited macrophage (CL0000861)
    Fold Change: 1.61
    Marker Score: 9778
  • Cell Name: colon epithelial cell (CL0011108)
    Fold Change: 1.57
    Marker Score: 4923
  • Cell Name: innate lymphoid cell (CL0001065)
    Fold Change: 1.55
    Marker Score: 557
  • Cell Name: intestine goblet cell (CL0019031)
    Fold Change: 1.53
    Marker Score: 1471
  • Cell Name: stratified epithelial cell (CL0000079)
    Fold Change: 1.53
    Marker Score: 11974
  • Cell Name: glandular epithelial cell (CL0000150)
    Fold Change: 1.47
    Marker Score: 3619
  • Cell Name: mural cell (CL0008034)
    Fold Change: 1.46
    Marker Score: 167225
  • Cell Name: memory T cell (CL0000813)
    Fold Change: 1.43
    Marker Score: 616
  • Cell Name: mucous neck cell (CL0000651)
    Fold Change: 1.41
    Marker Score: 3191
  • Cell Name: paneth cell of epithelium of small intestine (CL1000343)
    Fold Change: 1.37
    Marker Score: 340
  • Cell Name: paneth cell of colon (CL0009009)
    Fold Change: 1.32
    Marker Score: 380
  • Cell Name: ILC1, human (CL0001077)
    Fold Change: 1.32
    Marker Score: 334
  • Cell Name: NKp44-positive group 3 innate lymphoid cell, human (CL0001079)
    Fold Change: 1.25
    Marker Score: 283
  • Cell Name: epithelial cell of esophagus (CL0002252)
    Fold Change: 1.23
    Marker Score: 10606.5
  • Cell Name: hematopoietic multipotent progenitor cell (CL0000837)
    Fold Change: 1.23
    Marker Score: 600
  • Cell Name: CD16-negative, CD56-bright natural killer cell, human (CL0000938)
    Fold Change: 1.23
    Marker Score: 1006
  • Cell Name: epithelial cell (CL0000066)
    Fold Change: 1.19
    Marker Score: 1893
  • Cell Name: naive regulatory T cell (CL0002677)
    Fold Change: 1.18
    Marker Score: 358
  • Cell Name: natural T-regulatory cell (CL0000903)
    Fold Change: 1.17
    Marker Score: 600
  • Cell Name: alpha-beta T cell (CL0000789)
    Fold Change: 1.16
    Marker Score: 879
  • Cell Name: activated CD8-positive, alpha-beta T cell (CL0000906)
    Fold Change: 1.15
    Marker Score: 837
  • Cell Name: corneal epithelial cell (CL0000575)
    Fold Change: 1.15
    Marker Score: 1270
  • Cell Name: natural killer cell (CL0000623)
    Fold Change: 1.14
    Marker Score: 1473
  • Cell Name: pneumocyte (CL0000322)
    Fold Change: 1.14
    Marker Score: 1826
  • Cell Name: CD38-negative naive B cell (CL0002102)
    Fold Change: 1.11
    Marker Score: 2317
  • Cell Name: mononuclear phagocyte (CL0000113)
    Fold Change: 1.08
    Marker Score: 1081
  • Cell Name: alveolar macrophage (CL0000583)
    Fold Change: 1.07
    Marker Score: 27480
  • Cell Name: type I NK T cell (CL0000921)
    Fold Change: 1.07
    Marker Score: 839
  • Cell Name: group 3 innate lymphoid cell (CL0001071)
    Fold Change: 1.07
    Marker Score: 449
  • Cell Name: non-classical monocyte (CL0000875)
    Fold Change: 1.06
    Marker Score: 2568
  • Cell Name: cardiac muscle myoblast (CL0000513)
    Fold Change: 1.06
    Marker Score: 16643
  • Cell Name: vascular lymphangioblast (CL0005022)
    Fold Change: 1.06
    Marker Score: 1786
  • Cell Name: IgA plasma cell (CL0000987)
    Fold Change: 1.04
    Marker Score: 884
  • Cell Name: luminal epithelial cell of mammary gland (CL0002326)
    Fold Change: 1.01
    Marker Score: 1798
  • Cell Name: cerebral cortex GABAergic interneuron (CL0010011)
    Fold Change: 1
    Marker Score: 71672.5
  • Cell Name: forebrain radial glial cell (CL0013000)
    Fold Change: 0.99
    Marker Score: 47901
  • Cell Name: late promyelocyte (CL0002151)
    Fold Change: 0.99
    Marker Score: 247
  • Cell Name: lymphocyte (CL0000542)
    Fold Change: 0.98
    Marker Score: 497
  • Cell Name: absorptive cell (CL0000212)
    Fold Change: 0.98
    Marker Score: 30395
  • Cell Name: CD8-positive, alpha-beta memory T cell, CD45RO-positive (CL0001203)
    Fold Change: 0.97
    Marker Score: 2724
  • Cell Name: tuft cell of colon (CL0009041)
    Fold Change: 0.95
    Marker Score: 491
  • Cell Name: cardiac endothelial cell (CL0010008)
    Fold Change: 0.95
    Marker Score: 1804
  • Cell Name: intestinal crypt stem cell of colon (CL0009043)
    Fold Change: 0.95
    Marker Score: 2404
  • Cell Name: BEST4+ intestinal epithelial cell, human (CL4030026)
    Fold Change: 0.94
    Marker Score: 446
  • Cell Name: hematopoietic cell (CL0000988)
    Fold Change: 0.94
    Marker Score: 627
  • Cell Name: conventional dendritic cell (CL0000990)
    Fold Change: 0.94
    Marker Score: 650
  • Cell Name: leukocyte (CL0000738)
    Fold Change: 0.94
    Marker Score: 539
  • Cell Name: memory B cell (CL0000787)
    Fold Change: 0.94
    Marker Score: 708
  • Cell Name: dendritic cell (CL0000451)
    Fold Change: 0.92
    Marker Score: 632
  • Cell Name: CD4-positive helper T cell (CL0000492)
    Fold Change: 0.91
    Marker Score: 993
  • Cell Name: granulocyte (CL0000094)
    Fold Change: 0.91
    Marker Score: 409
  • Cell Name: transit amplifying cell (CL0009010)
    Fold Change: 0.91
    Marker Score: 5190
  • Cell Name: abnormal cell (CL0001061)
    Fold Change: 0.91
    Marker Score: 2717
  • Cell Name: classical monocyte (CL0000860)
    Fold Change: 0.91
    Marker Score: 3760
  • Cell Name: effector CD8-positive, alpha-beta T cell (CL0001050)
    Fold Change: 0.9
    Marker Score: 758
  • Cell Name: mature T cell (CL0002419)
    Fold Change: 0.89
    Marker Score: 8819
  • Cell Name: epithelial cell of small intestine (CL0002254)
    Fold Change: 0.88
    Marker Score: 318
  • Cell Name: ionocyte (CL0005006)
    Fold Change: 0.88
    Marker Score: 268
  • Cell Name: squamous epithelial cell (CL0000076)
    Fold Change: 0.88
    Marker Score: 599
  • Cell Name: neoplastic cell (CL0001063)
    Fold Change: 0.87
    Marker Score: 5268
  • Cell Name: large intestine goblet cell (CL1000320)
    Fold Change: 0.86
    Marker Score: 229
  • Cell Name: basal cell (CL0000646)
    Fold Change: 0.86
    Marker Score: 1105.5
  • Cell Name: T-helper 1 cell (CL0000545)
    Fold Change: 0.83
    Marker Score: 324
  • Cell Name: lymphoid lineage restricted progenitor cell (CL0000838)
    Fold Change: 0.83
    Marker Score: 497
  • Cell Name: naive B cell (CL0000788)
    Fold Change: 0.83
    Marker Score: 738.5
  • Cell Name: duct epithelial cell (CL0000068)
    Fold Change: 0.82
    Marker Score: 384
  • Cell Name: male germ cell (CL0000015)
    Fold Change: 0.82
    Marker Score: 236
  • Cell Name: CD34-positive, CD38-negative hematopoietic stem cell (CL0001024)
    Fold Change: 0.81
    Marker Score: 590
  • Cell Name: acinar cell of salivary gland (CL0002623)
    Fold Change: 0.79
    Marker Score: 1795.5
  • Cell Name: kidney collecting duct cell (CL1001225)
    Fold Change: 0.79
    Marker Score: 154
  • Cell Name: plasmacytoid dendritic cell, human (CL0001058)
    Fold Change: 0.78
    Marker Score: 206
  • Cell Name: PP cell (CL0000696)
    Fold Change: 0.78
    Marker Score: 176
  • Cell Name: mast cell (CL0000097)
    Fold Change: 0.78
    Marker Score: 453
  • Cell Name: activated CD4-positive, alpha-beta T cell, human (CL0001043)
    Fold Change: 0.78
    Marker Score: 354
  • Cell Name: myoepithelial cell of mammary gland (CL0002324)
    Fold Change: 0.78
    Marker Score: 3813.5
  • Cell Name: myeloid lineage restricted progenitor cell (CL0000839)
    Fold Change: 0.78
    Marker Score: 267
  • Cell Name: intestinal epithelial cell (CL0002563)
    Fold Change: 0.77
    Marker Score: 1257

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Other Information

**Key characteristics:** - AREG is a secreted protein that is processed into a soluble form. - It is a glycoprotein with a molecular weight of approximately 120 kDa. - It is expressed in high levels in tissues such as the skin, lungs, and immune cells. **Pathways and functions:** - AREG plays a critical role in cell growth and differentiation. - It is essential for the development and survival of epithelial cells. - It is involved in the regulation of immune cell function. - It is a key regulator of angiogenesis and tissue remodeling. - It is involved in the regulation of cell cycle progression and apoptosis. **Clinical significance:** - Mutations in the AREG gene have been linked to several human cancers, including breast cancer, lung cancer, and colorectal cancer. - Targeting AREG has emerged as a promising therapeutic strategy for cancer treatment. **Conclusion:** AREG is a critical protein that plays a crucial role in regulating cell growth, proliferation, and survival. Its overexpression is associated with various human cancers, underscoring its importance in maintaining tissue homeostasis and preventing cancer development. Targeting AREG has emerged as a promising therapeutic strategy for cancer treatment.

Genular Protein ID: 2786887089

Symbol: AREG_HUMAN

Name: N/A

UniProtKB Accession Codes:

Database IDs:

Citations:

PubMed ID: 2325643

Title: The amphiregulin gene encodes a novel epidermal growth factor-related protein with tumor-inhibitory activity.

PubMed ID: 2325643

DOI: 10.1128/mcb.10.5.1969-1981.1990

PubMed ID: 15815621

Title: Generation and annotation of the DNA sequences of human chromosomes 2 and 4.

PubMed ID: 15815621

DOI: 10.1038/nature03466

PubMed ID: 15489334

Title: The status, quality, and expansion of the NIH full-length cDNA project: the Mammalian Gene Collection (MGC).

PubMed ID: 15489334

DOI: 10.1101/gr.2596504

PubMed ID: 2466334

Title: Structure and function of human amphiregulin: a member of the epidermal growth factor family.

PubMed ID: 2466334

DOI: 10.1126/science.2466334

PubMed ID: 3413110

Title: Amphiregulin: a bifunctional growth-modulating glycoprotein produced by the phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate-treated human breast adenocarcinoma cell line MCF-7.

PubMed ID: 3413110

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.85.17.6528

PubMed ID: 2017164

Title: A heparin sulfate-regulated human keratinocyte autocrine factor is similar or identical to amphiregulin.

PubMed ID: 2017164

DOI: 10.1128/mcb.11.5.2547-2557.1991

PubMed ID: 1333777

Title: Colorectum cell-derived growth factor (CRDGF) is homologous to amphiregulin, a member of the epidermal growth factor family.

PubMed ID: 1333777

DOI: 10.3109/08977199209046924

PubMed ID: 22967896

Title: Clarification of the C-terminal proteolytic processing site of human Amphiregulin.

PubMed ID: 22967896

DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2012.07.078

PubMed ID: 7679104

Title: Amphiregulin induces tyrosine phosphorylation of the epidermal growth factor receptor and p185erbB2. Evidence that amphiregulin acts exclusively through the epidermal growth factor receptor at the surface of human epithelial cells.

PubMed ID: 7679104

DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)53862-x

PubMed ID: 17607000

Title: Cornichon regulates transport and secretion of TGFalpha-related proteins in metazoan cells.

PubMed ID: 17607000

DOI: 10.1242/jcs.004200

Sequence Information:

  • Length: 252
  • Mass: 27895
  • Checksum: 68C1FA6BCD4D2BED
  • Sequence:
  • MRAPLLPPAP VVLSLLILGS GHYAAGLDLN DTYSGKREPF SGDHSADGFE VTSRSEMSSG 
    SEISPVSEMP SSSEPSSGAD YDYSEEYDNE PQIPGYIVDD SVRVEQVVKP PQNKTESENT 
    SDKPKRKKKG GKNGKNRRNR KKKNPCNAEF QNFCIHGECK YIEHLEAVTC KCQQEYFGER 
    CGEKSMKTHS MIDSSLSKIA LAAIAAFMSA VILTAVAVIT VQLRRQYVRK YEGEAEERKK 
    LRQENGNVHA IA

Database document:

This is a preview of the gene's schema. Only a few entries are kept for 'singleCellExpressions,' 'mRNAExpressions,' and other large data arrays for visualization purposes. For the full schema, download it here.