CDB25:0003664 GC — LRP2
Experimentally validated in Rat; Orthology-inferred in Human, Mouse, Frog, Zebrafish, Chicken, Macaque, Pig, Dog, Cow, Chimp, Horse, Marmoset, Sheep
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Gc-globulin (vitamin D binding protein) is synthesized and secreted by hepatocytes and internalized by hepatic stellate cells through Ca(2+)-dependent interaction with the megalin/gp330 receptor.
Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry, 2008; PubMed, Rattus norvegicus Gc — Rattus norvegicus Lrp2
ABSTRACT: Gc-globulin or vitamin D binding protein is a highly expressed, multifunctional and polymorphic serum protein, which also serves as the major transporter for vitamin D metabolites in the circulation. The present study was performed to analyze the interaction between gc-globulin of hepatocytes and hepatic stellate cells, the most important fat-/retinol-storing cell type in the liver, which spontaneously transdifferentiates to myofibroblasts in culture.