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Symbol CREG1 contributors: mct - updated : 20-11-2019
HGNC name cellular repressor of E1A-stimulated genes
HGNC id 2351
ASSOCIATED DISORDERS
corresponding disease(s)
Other morbid association(s)
TypeGene ModificationChromosome rearrangementProtein expressionProtein Function
constitutional     --low  
dramatically downregulated in atherosclerotic lesions
Susceptibility
Variant & Polymorphism
Candidate gene
Marker
Therapy target
SystemTypeDisorderPubmed
cardiovascularatheromacardiac
may be a useful therapeutic adjunct for transplanting MSCs into damaged heart after myocardial infarction
cardiovascularaquired 
autophagy activation via CREG1 may be a viable therapeutic strategy autophagy for improving cardiac performance under pathologic conditions
ANIMAL & CELL MODELS
  • in mice, global deletion of the Creg1 gene leads to early embryonic death
  • Creg1+/- mice exhibited a more prominent obesity phenotype with no change in food intake compared with WT controls when challenged with high fat diet (HFD)