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

podoplanin (PDPN), podoplanin (Pdpn)

Other aliases include:

T1A, GP36, GP40, Gp38, OTS8, T1A-2, AGGRUS, HT1A-1, PA2.26, T1a, OTS-8, T1alpha, RANDAM-2, E11, RTI40, T1-alpha, PDPN

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

lung type-I cell membrane-associated glycoprotein – hT1alpha-1 – hT1alpha-2 – glycoprotein, 36-KD – lung type I cell membrane associated glycoprotein – lung type-I cell membrane-associated glycoprotein (T1A-2) – podoplanin – aggrus – T1-alpha – PA2.26 antigen – glycoprotein 38 – OTTMUSP00000010796 – OTTMUSP00000036204 – transmembrane glycoprotein E11 – epithelial cell surface transmembrane protein antigen – pulmonary type I alveolar epithelial cell transmembrane differentiation marker – mucin-type membrane protein gp40

Podoplanin fulfills a number of functions:

amino acid transmembrane transporter activity – folic acid transporter activity – water channel activity – water transmembrane transporter activity – molecular_function – water transporter activity

Podoplanin is relevant to the following processes:

cell cycle – cell morphogenesis – cell proliferation – cell-cell adhesion – folic acid transport – lung alveolus development – lymphangiogenesis – multicellular organismal development – positive regulation of cell migration – prostaglandin metabolic process – regulation of cell shape – signal transduction – tube morphogenesis – water transport – amino acid transport – cell adhesion – cellular component movement – lung development – positive regulation of cellular component movement – positive regulation of platelet activation – cell motion – embryonic development – inflammatory response – nervous system development – positive regulation of cell motion – response to hyperoxia

Locations for Podoplanin:

filopodium – integral to plasma membrane – lamellipodium – plasma membrane – ruffle – apical plasma membrane – cell projection – integral to membrane – membrane

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology