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Facts about Cortistatin.
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| Human | |
|---|---|
| Gene Name: | CORT |
| Uniprot: | O00230 |
| Entrez: | 1325 |

| Belongs to: |
|---|
| somatostatin family |

cortistatin; cortistatin-14; cortistatin-17; cortistatin-29; CST-14; CST-17; CST-29; MGC32686; preprocortistatin
Mass (kDA):
11.532 kDA

| Human | |
|---|---|
| Location: | 1p36.22 |
| Sequence: | 1; NC_000001.11 (10450031..10451998) |
Expressed in a subset of GABAergic cells in the cortex and hippocampus.
Secreted.






PMID: 9125122 by Fukusumi S., et al. Identification and characterization of a novel human cortistatin-like peptide.
PMID: 9205124 by de Lecea L., et al. Cloning, mRNA expression, and chromosomal mapping of mouse and human preprocortistatin.