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Osteoglycin

Protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Osteoglycin
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Osteoglycin (also called mimecan), encoded by the OGN gene, is a human protein.[5]

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This gene encodes a protein which induces ectopic bone formation in conjunction with transforming growth factor beta. This protein is a small keratan sulfate proteoglycan[6] which contains tandem leucine-rich repeats (LRR). The gene expresses three transcript variants.[5]

The level of expression of this gene has been correlated with enlarged hearts and more specifically left ventricular hypertrophy.[7][8]

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