Fibulin-2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the FBLN2gene.[5][6]
This gene encodes an extracellular matrix protein, which belongs to the fibulin family. This protein binds various extracellular ligands and calcium. It may play a role during organ development, in particular, during the differentiation of heart, skeletal and neuronal structures. Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been identified.[6]
Its role as a biomarker for meningiomas (a common tumour affecting the central nervous system) was recently described where a blood test can predict whether patients have a grade II meningiomas (poor outcome) and not a grade I meningioma (better outcome), without the need for a surgical biopsy.[7]
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^Zhang RZ, Pan TC, Zhang ZY, Mattei MG, Timpl R, Chu ML (January 1995). "Fibulin-2 (FBLN2): human cDNA sequence, mRNA expression, and mapping of the gene on human and mouse chromosomes". Genomics. 22 (2): 425–30. doi:10.1006/geno.1994.1404. PMID7806230.
^Hopf, M; Göhring W; Mann K; Timpl R (August 2001). "Mapping of binding sites for nidogens, fibulin-2, fibronectin and heparin to different IG modules of perlecan". J. Mol. Biol. 311 (3): 529–41. doi:10.1006/jmbi.2001.4878. PMID11493006.
^Sasaki, T; Göhring W; Pan T C; Chu M L; Timpl R (December 1995). "Binding of mouse and human fibulin-2 to extracellular matrix ligands". J. Mol. Biol. 254 (5): 892–9. doi:10.1006/jmbi.1995.0664. PMID7500359.
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Sasaki T, Göhring W, Pan TC, et al. (1996). "Binding of mouse and human fibulin-2 to extracellular matrix ligands". J. Mol. Biol. 254 (5): 892–9. doi:10.1006/jmbi.1995.0664. PMID7500359.
Miosge N, Götz W, Sasaki T, et al. (1996). "The extracellular matrix proteins fibulin-1 and fibulin-2 in the early human embryo". Histochem. J. 28 (2): 109–16. doi:10.1007/BF02331415. PMID8737292. S2CID25996538.
Hopf M, Göhring W, Mann K, Timpl R (2001). "Mapping of binding sites for nidogens, fibulin-2, fibronectin and heparin to different IG modules of perlecan". J. Mol. Biol. 311 (3): 529–41. doi:10.1006/jmbi.2001.4878. PMID11493006.
Hunzelmann N, Nischt R, Brenneisen P, et al. (2001). "Increased deposition of fibulin-2 in solar elastosis and its colocalization with elastic fibres". Br. J. Dermatol. 145 (2): 217–22. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2133.2001.04337.x. PMID11531782. S2CID45863539.
Sasaki T, G��hring W, Mann K, et al. (2002). "Short arm region of laminin-5 gamma2 chain: structure, mechanism of processing and binding to heparin and proteins". J. Mol. Biol. 314 (4): 751–63. doi:10.1006/jmbi.2001.5176. PMID11733994.