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

epiregulin (Ereg), epiregulin (EREG), epiregulin (ereg), epiregulin (LOC100219479), epiregulin (LOC100343410)

Other aliases include:

EPR, MGC36144, EREG, ER

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

epiregulin – proepiregulin

Epiregulin fulfills a number of functions:

epidermal growth factor receptor binding – growth factor activity – protein binding

Epiregulin is relevant to the following processes:

cell proliferation – cell-cell signaling – cytokine-mediated signaling pathway – epidermal growth factor receptor signaling pathway – female meiosis – keratinocyte proliferation – luteinizing hormone signaling pathway – mRNA transcription – negative regulation of cell proliferation – negative regulation of smooth muscle cell differentiation – negative regulation of transcription – oocyte maturation – ovarian cumulus expansion – ovulation – positive regulation of DNA replication – positive regulation of angiogenesis – positive regulation of cell proliferation – positive regulation of cytokine production – positive regulation of epidermal growth factor receptor activity – positive regulation of fibroblast proliferation – positive regulation of innate immune response – positive regulation of interleukin-6 biosynthetic process – positive regulation of mitosis – positive regulation of phosphorylation – positive regulation of smooth muscle cell proliferation – primary follicle stage, oogenesis – angiogenesis – cell differentiation – multicellular organismal development – organ morphogenesis – positive regulation of cell division – anatomical structure morphogenesis – keratinocyte differentiation – negative regulation of epithelial cell proliferation – positive regulation of cytokine biosynthetic process – positive regulation of protein kinase activity – primary follicle stage – response to peptide hormone stimulus – wound healing

Locations for Epiregulin:

extracellular space – extracellular region – integral to membrane – membrane – plasma membrane – integral to plasma membrane

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology