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Fn14

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Synonyms

CD266; TNFRSF12A; TWEAK receptor

Background

Fibroblast growth factor–inducible-14 (Fn14) was described in fibroblasts as an immediate-early response gene to growth factors. Fn14 is a member of the TNF receptor superfamily (TNFRSF), also termed TNFRSF12A. The only ligand for Fn14 is the cytokine TWEAK (Wiley and Winkles 2003), and Fn14 is the only signaling receptor for TWEAK. Both have been targeted therapeutically in humans.

Structure

Phylogenetically Fn14 is much conserved and there is a 90% homology between the mouse and the human protein (Wiley and Winkles 2003). The human Fn14 gene is located at chromosomal position 16p13.3, encodes a type I transmembrane protein of 129 aa that is processed into a mature 102-aa protein, and is the smallest member of the TNFRSF (Wiley and Winkles 2003). The extracellular domain (53-aa) contains a cysteine-rich domain typical of TNFRSF members, required for the interaction with TWEAK (He et al. 2009). Conversely, the Tyr176 residue of...

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    Diego Martin-Sanchez, Miguel Fontecha-Barriuso, Maria D. Sanchez-Niño, Alberto Ortiz & Ana B. Sanz

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Martin-Sanchez, D. et al. (2018). Fn14. In: Choi, S. (eds) Encyclopedia of Signaling Molecules. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67199-4_594

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