ISL1

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ISL1
Gene ontology
Molecular function
Cellular component
Biological process
Sources:Amigo / QuickGO
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_002202

NM_021459

RefSeq (protein)

NP_002193

NP_067434

Location (UCSC)Chr 5: 51.38 – 51.39 MbChr 13: 116.43 – 116.45 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
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Insulin gene enhancer protein ISL-1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ISL1 gene.[5] [6]

Function

This gene encodes a

islets of Langerhans. In mouse embryos, a deficiency of this gene results in failure to undergo neural tube motor neuron differentiation.[6]

Interactions

ISL1 has been shown to

Role in cardiac development

ISL1 is a marker for cardiac progenitors of the

endothelial cell lineages.[9][10][11] Research has shown that ISL1 promotes differentiation of cardiac cells and a depletion of ISL1 can respecify the cell fate of nascent cardiomyocytes, such as from ventricular to an atrial identity. [12]

The validity of ISL1 as a marker for cardiac progenitor cells has been questioned since some groups have found no evidence that ISL1 cells serve as cardiac progenitors.[13] Furthermore, ISL1 is not restricted to second heart field progenitors in the developing heart, but also labels cardiac neural crest.[14] This paper supports work from the Vilquin group in 2011, which concluded that ISL1 can represent cells from both neural crest and cardiomyocyte lineages.[15] While it has been demonstrated by multiple groups that ISL1-positive cells can indeed differentiate into all 3 major cell types of the heart, their clinical relevance has been seriously questioned.

References

  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000016082Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000042258Ensembl, May 2017
  3. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. PMID 7912209
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  6. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: ISL1 ISL1 transcription factor, LIM/homeodomain, (islet-1)".
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Further reading

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