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Most cancer tissues displayed weak to moderate cytoplasmic immunoreactivity. Additional membranous positivity was observed in colorectal along with a few pancreatic, endometrial and ovarian cancers. Several urothelial, testicular, squamous and basal cell carcinomas were negative.
The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the lipocalin family. It is one of the three subunits that constitutes complement component 8 (C8), which is composed of a disulfide-linked C8 alpha-gamma heterodimer and a non-covalently associated C8 beta chain. C8 participates in the formation of the membrane attack complex (MAC) on bacterial cell membranes. While subunits alpha and beta play a role in complement-mediated bacterial killing, the gamma subunit is not required for the bactericidal activity. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2011]