NINJ1, Official Symbol NINJ1provided by HGNC Official Full Name ninjurin 1provided by HGNC Primary source HGNC:HGNC:7824 See related Ensembl:ENSG00000131669 MIM:602062; AllianceGenome:HGNC:7824 Gene type protein coding RefSeq status VALIDATED Organism Homo sapiens Lineage Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Primates; Haplorrhini; Catarrhini; Hominidae; Homo Also known as NIN1; NINJURIN Summary The ninjurin protein is upregulated after nerve injury both in dorsal root ganglion neurons and in Schwann cells (Araki and Milbrandt, 1996 [PubMed 8780658]). It demonstrates properties of a homophilic adhesion molecule and promotes neurite outgrowth from primary cultured dorsal root ganglion neurons.[supplied by OMIM, Aug 2009] Expression Ubiquitous expression in bone marrow (RPKM 105.7), placenta (RPKM 42.4) and 24 other tissues See more Orthologs mouse all