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

vitronectin (VTN), vitronectin (LOC100228142), vitronectin (vtn), vitronectin a (vtna), vitronectin b (vtnb), vitronectin (CpipJ_CPIJ016691), vitronectin (Vtn)

Other aliases include:

VTN, MGC128203, DKFZp470F0511, LOC100228142, vtn, MGC112277, zgc:112277, VN, V75, VNT, Vn, AI256434, Aa1018, MGC124961

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

vitronectin – vitronectin (serum spreading factor, somatomedin B, complement S-protein) – glycoprotein 66 – vitronectin a – vitronectin b – epibolin – somatomedin B – complement S-protein – serum spreading factor – S-protein – OTTMUSP00000000198 – serum-spreading factor – vitronectin-like

Vitronectin fulfills a number of functions:

extracellular matrix binding – polysaccharide binding – scavenger receptor activity – heparin binding – protein binding – integrin binding

Vitronectin is relevant to the following processes:

cell-matrix adhesion – extracellular matrix organization – immune response – positive regulation of cell-substrate adhesion – cell adhesion – cell adhesion mediated by integrin – negative regulation of endopeptidase activity – positive regulation of peptidyl-tyrosine phosphorylation – positive regulation of protein binding – positive regulation of receptor-mediated endocytosis – positive regulation of smooth muscle cell migration

Locations for Vitronectin:

proteinaceous extracellular matrix – cellular_component – extracellular region – extracellular space – extracellular matrix

Source: NCBI Entrez Gene, Gene Ontology

2 products cited in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America anti-Vitronectin (VTN) antibody (ABIN112511)

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