The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Amphiregulin across different species:

amphiregulin (AREG), amphiregulin (Areg)

Other aliases include:

AR, SDGF, CRDGF, MGC13647, Sdgf, AREG, AREGB, MGC152310

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Amphiregulin:

amphiregulin – schwannoma-derived growth factor – colorectum cell-derived growth factor – amphiregulin long form – amphiregulin (schwannoma-derived growth factor) – amphiregulin B

Amphiregulin fulfills a number of functions:

cytokine activity – growth factor activity – epidermal growth factor receptor binding

Amphiregulin is relevant to the following processes:

G-protein coupled receptor protein signaling pathway – cell proliferation – cell-cell signaling – epidermal growth factor receptor signaling pathway – positive regulation of DNA replication – dichotomous subdivision of terminal units involved in mammary gland duct morphogenesis – epithelial cell proliferation involved in mammary gland duct elongation – mammary gland alveolus development – mammary gland branching involved in thelarche – response to estradiol stimulus – central nervous system development – glial cell proliferation – negative regulation of osteoblast differentiation – neuron projection development – positive regulation of cell proliferation – positive regulation of phosphorylation – response to cAMP – response to glucocorticoid stimulus – response to hydrogen peroxide – response to organic cyclic substance – response to peptide hormone stimulus

Locations for Amphiregulin:

cell surface – extracellular space – integral to membrane – membrane – cytoplasm – intracellular – nucleus

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology