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Preferred term

Fatty Acid Binding Protein 3  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A small cytosolic fatty-acid binding protein that forms a lipid-binding beta-barrel structure and is expressed by CARDIOMYOCYTES and at lower levels in brain tissue. It is released into plasma immediately following cardiac injury and may therefore serve as a useful biomarker for the early detection of MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION.

Entry terms

  • Heart Fatty Acid Binding Protein
  • Heart-Specific Fatty Acid Binding Protein
  • H-FABP
  • Muscle Fatty Acid-Binding Protein

In other languages

  • French

  • Protéine cardiaque de liaison aux acides gras
  • Protéine cardiaque liant les acides gras
  • Protéine de liaison aux acides gras spécifique du coeur
  • Protéine musculaire liant les acides gras
  • Protéine-3 de liaison aux acides gras
  • Protéine-3 fixant les acides gras

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-CN4DT5SW-N

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