A 106 amino acid (12 kDa) trefoil factor that contains two trefoil domains and associates with MUCIN-6. It is expressed in the GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT by cells of BRUNNER GLANDS; PYLORIC GLANDS and mucous neck cells. It inhibits GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY and GASTRIC ACID secretion and may help maintain the structural integrity of gastric mucus.

DUI

D000071164 MeSH Prohlížeč

CUI

M000613342

Historická pozn.

2017 (1992)

Veřejná pozn.

2017; TREFOIL FACTOR-2 was indexed under PEPTIDES 2005-2016; under MUCINS 1992-2005; under MUSCLE PROTEINS 1992-2005; and under GROWTH SUBSTANCES 1992-2003