Gene Symbol | CORT |
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Entrez Gene | 1325 |
Alt Symbol | CST-14, CST-17, CST-29 |
Species | Human |
Gene Type | protein-coding |
Description | cortistatin |
Other Description | cortistatin-14|cortistatin-17|cortistatin-29|prepro-cortistatin|preprocortistatin |
Swissprots | O00230 Q6UX11 Q5T6G0 |
Accessions | EAW71650 O00230 AB000263 BAA19770 AF013252 AAB66895 AF086433 AV750349 AW205880 AY358561 AAQ89950 BC040034 AAH40034 BC119724 AAI19725 BC119725 AAI19726 BF590359 NM_001302 NP_001293 |
Function | Binds to all human somatostatin receptor (SSTR) subtypes. It also inhibits cAMP production induced by forskolin through SSTRs. |
Subcellular Location | Secreted. |
Tissue Specificity | Expressed in a subset of GABAergic cells in the cortex and hippocampus. |