ANGPTL4

angiopoietin like 4

Summary

This gene encodes a glycosylated, secreted protein containing a C-terminal fibrinogen domain. The encoded protein is induced by peroxisome proliferation activators and functions as a serum hormone that regulates glucose homeostasis, lipid metabolism, and insulin sensitivity. This protein can also act as an apoptosis survival factor for vascular endothelial cells and can prevent metastasis by inhibiting vascular growth and tumor cell invasion. The C-terminal domain may be proteolytically-cleaved from the full-length secreted protein. Decreased expression of this gene has been associated with type 2 diabetes. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. This gene was previously referred to as ANGPTL2 but has been renamed ANGPTL4. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2013]

Known Variants42 total

rsidPosition (GRCh37)AllelesClassClinVar
rs18945368319:8,428,050G/T
rs102552619319:8,429,230G/Auncertain significance
rs251270136219:8,429,294C/Auncertain significance
rs11684306419:8,429,323G/Amissense variantassociation
rs78065444119:8,429,325G/Alikely benign
rs13999192319:8,429,391C/Tbenign
rs53855419019:8,429,406C/Glikely benign
rs36967058119:8,429,416C/Tuncertain significance
rs77453263219:8,430,917A/Guncertain significance
rs37233097819:8,431,153C/Tuncertain significance
rs53359978819:8,431,177C/Tuncertain significance
rs75260230019:8,431,194C/Tuncertain significance
rs227823619:8,431,581G/C
rs725543619:8,433,196C/Aintron variant
rs20097750719:8,434,097C/Tbenign
rs3460079319:8,434,100C/Tbenign
rs251271259319:8,434,103G/Tuncertain significance
rs100636698919:8,434,184C/Tuncertain significance
rs3557154219:8,434,185G/Abenign
rs58777751719:8,434,204A/Tassociation
rs1041058619:8,435,019A/C
rs76837404619:8,435,987T/Guncertain significance
rs76188949319:8,435,993C/Tuncertain significance
rs75220919619:8,436,121C/Glikely benign
rs104425019:8,436,164C/Tmissense variant
rs77492487719:8,436,182G/Auncertain significance
rs3506197919:8,436,200G/Abenign
rs15000028719:8,436,238G/Auncertain significance
rs77566704619:8,436,244C/Auncertain significance
rs251271745919:8,436,247G/Auncertain significance
rs75124988019:8,436,286C/Tuncertain significance
rs1040461519:8,436,288C/Tlikely benign
rs75737962819:8,436,295G/Alikely benign
rs74732694019:8,436,316G/Auncertain significance
rs20091893219:8,436,337G/Auncertain significance
rs14074449319:8,436,373C/Tmissense variant
rs55527421519:8,436,391G/Auncertain significance
rs318395319:8,438,629C/Tbenign
rs1167243319:8,438,716G/Asynonymous variantbenign
rs197117901819:8,438,750G/Aconflicting classifications of pathogenicity
rs75295053219:8,438,751C/Gconflicting classifications of pathogenicity
rs6151243619:8,438,778G/Abenign

Gene information from NCBI Gene. Variant classifications from ClinVar.