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Chemokine-like protein TAFA-4

protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionJun 6, 2026
Entity authorityQ18052025 ↗
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Chemokine-like protein TAFA-4 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TAFA4 gene.

Function

This gene is a member of the TAFA family which is composed of five highly homologous genes that encode small secreted proteins. These proteins contain conserved cysteine residues at fixed positions, and are distantly related to MIP-1alpha, a member of the CC-chemokine family. The TAFA proteins are predominantly expressed in specific regions of the brain, and are postulated to function as brain-specific chemokines or neurokines, that act as regulators of immune and nervous cells. Alternatively spliced transcript variants have been observed for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Nov 2011].

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