pfam15711: ILEI (This model is not part of the current CDD release)
Interleukin-like EMT inducer
ILEI is a family of proteins found in vertebrates. It is heavily involved in the process of the transition from epithelial to mesenchymal tissue - EMT - during all of embryonic development, cancer progression, metastasis, and chronic inflammation/fibrosis. ILEI is upregulated exclusively at the level of translation, and abnormal ILEI expression, ie cytoplasmic over-expression instead of vesicular localisation, is associated with EMT in human cancerous tissue. In order to induce and maintain the EMT of hepatocytes in a TGF-beta-independent fashion ILEI needs the cooperation of oncogenic Ras.
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