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Adipocyte protein 2

protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 5, 2026
Entity authorityQ14889263 ↗
Source-derived summary

Adipocyte protein 2 (aP2) is a carrier protein for fatty acids that is primarily expressed in adipocytes and macrophages. aP2 is also called fatty acid binding protein 4 (FABP4). Blocking this protein either through genetic engineering or drugs has the possibility of treating heart disease and the metabolic syndrome.

See also

Fatty acid-binding protein

References

External links

FABP4+protein,+human at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)

Human FABP4 genome location and FABP4 gene details page in the UCSC Genome Browser.

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The public source identifies “Adipocyte protein 2” as protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Adipocyte, protein and protein-coding.

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This entry incorporates text from “Adipocyte protein 2” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.