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Occasional cases of malignant lymphomas showed strong cytoplasmic positivity. Other malignant cells were negative.
GENE INFORMATION
Gene name
AIF1 (HGNC Symbol)
Synonyms
AIF-1, Em:AF129756.17, IBA1, IRT-1
Description
Allograft inflammatory factor 1 (HGNC Symbol)
Entrez gene summary
This gene is induced by cytokines and interferon. Its protein product is thought to be involved in negative regulation of growth of vascular smooth muscle cells, which contributes to the anti-inflammatory response to vessel wall trauma. Three transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Sep 2008]