C1QTNF3 explained

Complement C1q tumor necrosis factor-related protein 3 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the C1QTNF3 gene.^{[1] [2]}

Further reading

• Akiyama H, Furukawa S, Wakisaka S, Maeda T . CTRP3/cartducin promotes proliferation and migration of endothelial cells . Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry . 304 . 1–2 . 243–248 . Oct 2007 . 17534697 . 10.1007/s11010-007-9506-6 . 25647563 .
• Wurm S, Neumeier M, Weigert J, Schäffler A, Buechler C . Plasma levels of leptin, omentin, collagenous repeat-containing sequence of 26-kDa protein (CORS-26) and adiponectin before and after oral glucose uptake in slim adults . Cardiovascular Diabetology . 6 . 7 . 2007 . 17311679 . 1804262 . 10.1186/1475-2840-6-7 . free .
• Otsuki T, Ota T, Nishikawa T, Hayashi K, Suzuki Y, Yamamoto J, Wakamatsu A, Kimura K, Sakamoto K, Hatano N, Kawai Y, Ishii S, Saito K, Kojima S, Sugiyama T, Ono T, Okano K, Yoshikawa Y, Aotsuka S, Sasaki N, Hattori A, Okumura K, Nagai K, Sugano S, Isogai T . Signal sequence and keyword trap in silico for selection of full-length human cDNAs encoding secretion or membrane proteins from oligo-capped cDNA libraries . DNA Research . 12 . 2 . 117–126 . 2007 . 16303743 . 10.1093/dnares/12.2.117 . free .
• Schäffler A, Ehling A, Neumann E, Herfarth H, Paul G, Tarner I, Gay S, Schölmerich J, Müller-Ladner U . Genomic organization, promoter, amino acid sequence, chromosomal localization, and expression of the human gene for CORS-26 (collagenous repeat-containing sequence of 26-kDa protein) . Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Structure and Expression . 1630 . 2–3 . 123–9 . Nov 2003 . 14654242 . 10.1016/j.bbaexp.2003.08.013 .
• Clark HF, Gurney AL, Abaya E, Baker K, Baldwin D, Brush J, Chen J, Chow B, Chui C, Crowley C, Currell B, Deuel B, Dowd P, Eaton D, Foster J, Grimaldi C, Gu Q, Hass PE, Heldens S, Huang A, Kim HS, Klimowski L, Jin Y, Johnson S, Lee J, Lewis L, Liao D, Mark M, Robbie E, Sanchez C, Schoenfeld J, Seshagiri S, Simmons L, Singh J, Smith V, Stinson J, Vagts A, Vandlen R, Watanabe C, Wieand D, Woods K, Xie MH, Yansura D, Yi S, Yu G, Yuan J, Zhang M, Zhang Z, Goddard A, Wood WI, Godowski P, Gray A . The secreted protein discovery initiative (SPDI), a large-scale effort to identify novel human secreted and transmembrane proteins: a bioinformatics assessment . Genome Research . 13 . 10 . 2265–2270 . Oct 2003 . 12975309 . 403697 . 10.1101/gr.1293003 .
• Maeda T, Abe M, Kurisu K, Jikko A, Furukawa S . Molecular cloning and characterization of a novel gene, CORS26, encoding a putative secretory protein and its possible involvement in skeletal development . The Journal of Biological Chemistry . 276 . 5 . 3628–3634 . Feb 2001 . 11071891 . 10.1074/jbc.M007898200 . free .

Notes and References

1. Wölfing B, Buechler C, Weigert J, Neumeier M, Aslanidis C, Schöelmerich J, Schäffler A . Effects of the new C1q/TNF-related protein (CTRP-3) "cartonectin" on the adipocytic secretion of adipokines . Obesity . 16 . 7 . 1481–1486 . Jul 2008 . 18421280 . 10.1038/oby.2008.206 . 40979522 . free .
2. Web site: Entrez Gene: C1QTNF3 C1q and tumor necrosis factor related protein 3.