Keratin 18

Keratin 18
Identifiers
Symbols	KRT18 ; CYK18; K18
External IDs	Template:OMIM5 Template:MGI HomoloGene: 55448
Gene ontology Molecular function Template:GNF GO Template:GNF GO Cellular component Template:GNF GO Biological process Template:GNF GO
RNA expression pattern
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More reference expression data
Orthologs
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Species	Human	Mouse
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RefSeq (mRNA)	n/a	n/a
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Keratin 18 is a type I cytokeratin. It is, together with its filament partner keratin 8, perhaps the most commonly found products of the intermediate filament gene family. They are expressed in single layer epithelial tissues of the body. Mutations in this gene have been linked to cryptogenic cirrhosis. Two transcript variants encoding the same protein have been found for this gene.

Further reading

• Omary MB, Baxter GT, Chou CF; et al. (1992). "PKC epsilon-related kinase associates with and phosphorylates cytokeratin 8 and 18". J. Cell Biol. 117 (3): 583–93. doi:10.1083/jcb.117.3.583. PMID 1374067.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Waseem A, Gough AC, Spurr NK, Lane EB (1990). "Localization of the gene for human simple epithelial keratin 18 to chromosome 12 using polymerase chain reaction". Genomics. 7 (2): 188–94. doi:10.1016/0888-7543(90)90540-B. PMID 1693358.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Heath P, Elvin P, Jenner D; et al. (1990). "Localisation of a cDNA clone for human cytokeratin 18 to chromosome 17p11-p12 by in situ hybridisation". Hum. Genet. 85 (6): 669–70. doi:10.1007/BF00193596. PMID 1699878.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Waseem A, Alexander CM, Steel JB, Lane EB (1991). "Embryonic simple epithelial keratins 8 and 18: chromosomal location emphasizes difference from other keratin pairs". New Biol. 2 (5): 464–78. PMID 1705144.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Romano V, Hatzfeld M, Magin TM; et al. (1986). "Cytokeratin expression in simple epithelia. I. Identification of mRNA coding for human cytokeratin no. 18 by a cDNA clone". Differentiation. 30 (3): 244–53. PMID 2422083.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Oshima RG, Millán JL, Ceceña G (1987). "Comparison of mouse and human keratin 18: a component of intermediate filaments expressed prior to implantation". Differentiation. 33 (1): 61–8. doi:10.1111/j.1432-0436.1987.tb01542.x. PMID 2434380.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Leube RE, Bosch FX, Romano V; et al. (1987). "Cytokeratin expression in simple epithelia. III. Detection of mRNAs encoding human cytokeratins nos. 8 and 18 in normal and tumor cells by hybridization with cDNA sequences in vitro and in situ". Differentiation. 33 (1): 69–85. PMID 2434381.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Kulesh DA, Oshima RG (1988). "Cloning of the human keratin 18 gene and its expression in nonepithelial mouse cells". Mol. Cell. Biol. 8 (4): 1540–50. PMID 2454392.
• Sémat A, Vasseur M, Maillet L; et al. (1988). "Sequence analysis of murine cytokeratin endo A (no. 8) cDNA. Evidence for mRNA species initiated upstream of the normal 5' end in PCC4 cells". Differentiation. 37 (1): 40–6. doi:10.1111/j.1432-0436.1988.tb00794.x. PMID 2454862.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Kulesh DA, Oshima RG (1989). "Complete structure of the gene for human keratin 18". Genomics. 4 (3): 339–47. doi:10.1016/0888-7543(89)90340-6. PMID 2469635.
• Ku NO, Omary MB (1994). "Identification of the major physiologic phosphorylation site of human keratin 18: potential kinases and a role in filament reorganization". J. Cell Biol. 127 (1): 161–71. doi:10.1083/jcb.127.1.161. PMID 7523419.
• Liao J, Lowthert LA, Ghori N, Omary MB (1995). "The 70-kDa heat shock proteins associate with glandular intermediate filaments in an ATP-dependent manner". J. Biol. Chem. 270 (2): 915–22. PMID 7529764.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Yoon SJ, LeBlanc-Straceski J, Ward D; et al. (1995). "Organization of the human keratin type II gene cluster at 12q13". Genomics. 24 (3): 502–8. doi:10.1006/geno.1994.1659. PMID 7536183.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Ku NO, Omary MB (1995). "Identification and mutational analysis of the glycosylation sites of human keratin 18". J. Biol. Chem. 270 (20): 11820–7. PMID 7538124.
• Neumaier M, Gerhard M, Wagener C (1995). "Diagnosis of micrometastases by the amplification of tissue-specific genes". Gene. 159 (1): 43–7. doi:10.1016/0378-1119(94)00522-T. PMID 7541767.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Maruyama K, Sugano S (1994). "Oligo-capping: a simple method to replace the cap structure of eukaryotic mRNAs with oligoribonucleotides". Gene. 138 (1–2): 171–4. PMID 8125298.
• Liao J, Lowthert LA, Ku NO; et al. (1996). "Dynamics of human keratin 18 phosphorylation: polarized distribution of phosphorylated keratins in simple epithelial tissues". J. Cell Biol. 131 (5): 1291–301. PMID 8522590.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Ku NO, Wright TL, Terrault NA; et al. (1997). "Mutation of human keratin 18 in association with cryptogenic cirrhosis". J. Clin. Invest. 99 (1): 19–23. doi:10.1172/JCI119127. PMID 9011570.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)
• Ji H, Reid GE, Moritz RL; et al. (1997). "A two-dimensional gel database of human colon carcinoma proteins". Electrophoresis. 18 (3–4): 605–13. doi:10.1002/elps.1150180344. PMID 9150948.CS1 maint: Explicit use of et al. (link) CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link)