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Clusterin

Clusterin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CLU gene on chromosome 8. CLU is an extracellular molecular chaperone which binds to misfolded proteins in body fluids to neutralise their toxicity and mediate their cellular uptake by receptor-mediated endocytosis. Once internalised by cells, complexes between CLU and misfolded proteins are…

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Aliases
CLU, AAG4, APO-J, APOJ, CLI, CLU1, CLU2, KUB1, NA1/NA2, SGP-2, SGP2, SP-40, TRPM-2, TRPM2, clusterin
Band
8p21.1 · 14 D1|14 34.36 cM
Bgee
external globus pallidus · Achilles tendon · paraflocculus of cerebellum · palpebral conjunctiva · optic nerve
BioGPS
n/a
Chr.
Chromosome 8 (human) · Chromosome 14 (mouse)
Databases
NCBI: entry; OMA: entry

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Clusterin

Nodes64
Edges63
Triples152
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.03125
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Gene ontology · 67
Clusterin → antimicrobial humoral response, apical dendrite, apoptotic process, ATPase activity, blood microparticle, cell death, cell morphogenesis, cell surface, central nervous system myelin maintenance, chaperone binding, chaperone-mediated protein complex assembly, chaperone-mediated protein folding, chromaffin granule, complement activation, complement activation, classical pathway, cytoplasm, cytoplasmic vesicle, cytosol, endoplasmic reticulum, extracellular exosome
Bgee · 20
Clusterin → Achilles tendon, Brodmann area 10, Brodmann area 9, ciliary body, dorsal tegmental nucleus, dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus, Epithelium of choroid plexus, epithelium of lens, external globus pallidus, habenula, iris, middle frontal gyrus, optic nerve, palpebral conjunctiva, paraflocculus of cerebellum, paraventricular nucleus of hypothalamus, right testis, right uterine tube, subiculum, ventral tegmental area
RNA expression pattern · 20
Clusterin → Achilles tendon, Brodmann area 10, Brodmann area 9, ciliary body, dorsal tegmental nucleus, dorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus, Epithelium of choroid plexus, epithelium of lens, external globus pallidus, habenula, iris, middle frontal gyrus, optic nerve, palpebral conjunctiva, paraflocculus of cerebellum, paraventricular nucleus of hypothalamus, right testis, right uterine tube, subiculum, ventral tegmental area
related to Function · 13
Clusterin → ATP-independent, BAX, Bcl-2, CLU, ER/Golgi, ERK, Meanwhile, NF-κB, Overexpression, Sertoli, The, Unlike, Within
related to Alzheimer's disease · 6
Clusterin → Alzheimer's, CLU, However, SNP, Subsequent, Two
related to External links · 5
Clusterin → Apolipoproteins, Applied Research, Medicine Medical Subject Headings, MeSH, National Library
Band · 2
Clusterin → 14 D1|14 34.36 cM, 8p21.1
Chr. · 2
Clusterin → Chromosome 14 (mouse), Chromosome 8 (human)
End · 2
Clusterin → 27,614,700 bp, 66,218,996 bp
Aliases · 1
Clusterin → CLU, AAG4, APO-J, APOJ, CLI, CLU1, CLU2, KUB1, NA1/NA2, SGP-2, SGP2, SP-40, TRPM-2, TRPM2, clusterin

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clu gene protein cancer prostate cell tumor human bp chromosome chr band proteins expression role including disease mrna molecular chaperone

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ClusterinAliasesCLU, AAG4, APO-J, APOJ, CLI, CLU1, CLU2, KUB1, NA1/NA2, SGP-2, SGP2, SP-40, TRPM-2, TRPM2, clusterin1.00infobox
ClusterinBand8p21.11.00infobox
ClusterinBand14 D1|14 34.36 cM1.00infobox
ClusterinBgeeexternal globus pallidus1.00infobox
ClusterinBgeeAchilles tendon1.00infobox
ClusterinBgeeparaflocculus of cerebellum1.00infobox
ClusterinBgeepalpebral conjunctiva1.00infobox
ClusterinBgeeoptic nerve1.00infobox
ClusterinBgeeBrodmann area 101.00infobox
ClusterinBgeeright uterine tube1.00infobox
ClusterinBgeemiddle frontal gyrus1.00infobox
ClusterinBgeeBrodmann area 91.00infobox
ClusterinBgeeright testis1.00infobox
ClusterinBgeeiris1.00infobox
ClusterinBgeeciliary body1.00infobox
ClusterinBgeeepithelium of lens1.00infobox
ClusterinBgeehabenula1.00infobox
ClusterinBgeeparaventricular nucleus of hypothalamus1.00infobox
ClusterinBgeedorsomedial hypothalamic nucleus1.00infobox
ClusterinBgeeEpithelium of choroid plexus1.00infobox
ClusterinBgeedorsal tegmental nucleus1.00infobox
ClusterinBgeesubiculum1.00infobox
ClusterinBgeeventral tegmental area1.00infobox
ClusterinBioGPSn/a1.00infobox
ClusterinChr.Chromosome 8 (human)1.00infobox
ClusterinChr.Chromosome 14 (mouse)1.00infobox
ClusterinDatabasesNCBI: entry; OMA: entry1.00infobox
ClusterinEnd27,614,700 bp1.00infobox
ClusterinEnd66,218,996 bp1.00infobox
ClusterinEnsemblENSG000001208851.00infobox

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