The following gene names and symbols are associated with antigen Thrombospondin 4 across different species:

thrombospondin 4 (THBS4), thrombospondin 4 (Thbs4), thrombospondin 4b (thbs4b), thrombospondin 4 (thbs4)

Other aliases include:

TSP4, tsp4, thbs4, zgc:111910, MGC79977, THBS4, TSP-4, MGC129051

On the protein level the following designations are being used for antigen Thrombospondin 4:

thrombospondin-4 – OTTHUMP00000222343 – thrombospondin 4b – Tsp-4a – thrombospondin 4

Thrombospondin 4 fulfills a number of functions:

calcium ion binding – heparin binding – integrin binding – structural molecule activity – collagen binding – fibronectin binding – laminin-1 binding – protein binding

Thrombospondin 4 is relevant to the following processes:

cell adhesion – endothelial cell-cell adhesion – myoblast migration – negative regulation of angiogenesis – positive regulation of endothelial cell proliferation – positive regulation of neutrophil chemotaxis – positive regulation of peptidyl-tyrosine phosphorylation – nervous system development – neuron projection morphogenesis – protein homooligomerization

Locations for Thrombospondin 4:

basement membrane – extracellular region – extracellular space – platelet alpha granule lumen – neuromuscular junction – proteinaceous extracellular matrix

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology